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Gay, lesbian couples
to be blessed
CanWest News Service,
June 30, 2007
VICTORIA -- Rev. Antonio
Osorio is inviting lesbian and gay couples to be blessed at St. Saviour's
Anglican Church on Sunday.
"They need to know they are not second-class Christians," said Osorio.
The blessing, which will take place at the 10 a.m. mass, is not a marriage
ceremony. It is a blessing of an individual relationship because they are
already blessed by God, he said.
Last weekend, the Anglican Church of Canada narrowly voted not to allow its
priests to bless same-sex partnerships. A majority of 300 Anglican lay
people and priests agreed to approve same-sex blessing ceremonies at the
church's national meeting in Winnipeg, but the resolution was voted down by a
narrow majority (21-19) of bishops.
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