Wales church’s governing body votes to make permanent provision for same-sex blessings

[Church in Wales] The Church in Wales Governing Body voted on April 16 to make permanent provision for church blessings for couples in same-sex civil marriages and civil partnerships.

Five years ago, after deciding that it was “pastorally unsustainable” for the church to make no formal provision for those in committed same-sex relationships, the governing body approved a service of blessing for an experimental five-year period, which is due to come to an end in September this year.

Yesterday and today, at its meeting in Llandudno, the governing body debated a motion to make the provision permanent by incorporating a rite for the blessing of same-sex marriages and partnerships into the Book of Common Prayer.

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