Same-sex union blessings rejected
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CANADA Same-sex union blessings rejected WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada narrowly overruled clergy and laypeople yesterday to defeat a proposal to give churches the option of blessing same-sex unions. The issue has threatened to split both the Canadian church and the 77-million member worldwide Anglican Communion, a loose federation of national churches around the world ...
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Bishops of the Episcopal Church rejected demands by leaders of the worldwide Anglican Communion to roll back the churchâs liberal stance on homosexuality.
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The head of Kenya's Anglican Church rejects a compromise over gay bishops by US Episcopal Church leaders.
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An international commission intent on stopping the splintering of the worldwide association of Anglican churches rebuked the US Episcopal Church Monday for electing a gay bishop
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A study by the largest U.S. Lutheran  church group declined to recommend on Thursday that the  denomination bless same-sex unions or approve the ordination of  ministers involved in gay relationships.
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An Anglican Church commission urging Canadian dioceses to stop blessing same-sex relationships isn&#39;t binding and won&#39;t likely have an immediate impact on the practices of individual
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The 227-186 roll call Thursday by which the House defeated a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. Supporters of the amendment fell 49 votes short of the 276 votes they need to advance the bill.
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The House on Thursday rejected a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage but gave Republican leaders a consolation prize by putting lawmakers on record on an
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Gay activists objected to an appearance at a Barack Obama event by a gospel singer who says he was âcuredâ of homosexuality.
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The resounding &quot;no&quot; that voters gave to officially recognizing homosexual couples as married marks a major setback for
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WASHINGTON - The House emphatically rejected a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage Thursday, the latest in a string of conservative pet causes advanced by Republican leaders in the run-up to Election Day.    The vote was 227-186, 49 votes shy of the two-thirds needed for approval of an amendment that President Bush backed but the Senate had previously scuttled...
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The U.S. House of Representatives  failed on Thursday to muster the two-thirds majority needed to  pass a proposed constitutional amendment backed by President  Bush to ban gay marriage.
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Ireland's High Court rejects a lesbian couple's bid to have their overseas marriage legally recognised.
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Two U.S. Supreme Court members  separately rejected on Wednesday an emergency request from a  California atheist who sought to stop the recital of prayers at  President Bush's inauguration.
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The Roman Catholic Church in Spain has condemned plans by the socialist Government to legalise marriages between same-sex couples.
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TORONTO (CP) - Denying retroactive same-sex benefits to widowed gays and lesbians violates their rights and is unconstitutional, Ontario's highest court ruled Friday.
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The House joined the Senate yesterday in refusing to approve a constitutional amendment to bar same-sex marriage, described by Republican supporters as a vital protection for traditional families