From a web site called The Edge out of Boston An interesting quote is included from Bishop Smith.
And though some Episcopalian churches and clergy have celebrated same-sex unions, the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut cannot take the step of pronouncing two men or two woman as married, according to Bishop Andrew Smith, who was cited in the article as saying that the faith’s Book of Common Prayer views marriage as "a solemn and public covenant between a man and a woman in the presence of God." Said Smith, "For us to change that practice in terms of having clergy officiate at gay or lesbian marriages, we have to change the prayer book."
That is something that can only be done at the national level, through two conventions.
http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=81858
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