[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/same-sex-religious-weddings-on-the-rise-after-these-historic-decisions\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/same-sex-religious-weddings-on-the-rise-after-these-historic-decisions\/","headline":"Same-sex religious weddings on the rise after these historic decisions","name":"Same-sex religious weddings on the rise after these historic decisions","description":"Same-sex religious weddings are on the rise after these historic decisions surrounding marriage equality in church were voted into action.  ","datePublished":"2018-07-31","dateModified":"2018-08-13","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/emilyrochotte\/#Person","name":"Emily Rochotte","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/emilyrochotte\/","identifier":5619,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f3a3d93cba6196f7aeb50eff060379dae87a7bab7b12983b5dbf60b5cc535f4?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f3a3d93cba6196f7aeb50eff060379dae87a7bab7b12983b5dbf60b5cc535f4?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/annabeth-elaine-summerlin-8.jpg","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/annabeth-elaine-summerlin-8.jpg","height":513,"width":770},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/same-sex-religious-weddings-on-the-rise-after-these-historic-decisions\/","about":["Marriage Equality News","News"],"wordCount":324,"keywords":["Australia","church wedding","Episcopal Church"],"articleBody":"Getting married in a church setting is a ceremony venue seen much more frequently at heterosexual weddings than LGBTQ+ weddings. Lack of acceptance of same-sex relationships in certain religions has contributed to the rate that same-sex couples choose to have a religious wedding in a church.At the triennial\u00a0Episcopal General Convention that took place in Austin, Texas, this July a resolution was passed allowing same-sex couples to get married in their preferred place of worship.While same-sex weddings were already allowed in most of the Episcopal Church, bishops in eight of the Episcopal dioceses did not permit them. The resolution voted on favorably at the convention has overridden that stance, with some exception.\u201cUnder the resolution passed Friday, clergy still can decline to bless or solemnize any\u00a0marriage,” wrote The Tennessean. “But if\u00a0the couples\u00a0live in a diocese\u00a0where the bishop theologically objects to same-sex marriages, that bishop will tap, if necessary,\u00a0another willing one to provide pastoral support to all involved.\u201dThe Episcopal Church of the United States was not the only one to make a historic ruling about marriage equality recently. Australia’s Uniting Church voted in favor of allowing same-sex weddings in the church for the first time.The Uniting Church is the third largest Christian denomination in Australia behind the Catholic Church and the Anglican Church, with nearly a million followers.The resolution creates two equal and distinct views on marriage honoring the diversity of Christian belief in the Uniting Church, one inclusive of same-sex marriage and one expressing that marriage is between a man and a woman.\u201cThis decision follows many years of reflection, prayer and discernment, and I want to thank Assembly members for the way they have responded with grace to what is a difficult conversation for many people of faith,” said\u00a0Uniting Church President Dr. Deidre Palmer.This decision comes after the rise in wedding celebrations after\u00a0Australia voted in favor of marriage equality."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Same-sex religious weddings on the rise after these historic decisions","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/same-sex-religious-weddings-on-the-rise-after-these-historic-decisions\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]