From Upper South Carolina-The bishop presiding over half of South Carolina’s Episcopalians has given permission for clergy to bless the relationships of same-sex couples a little more than a decade since Episcopal churches across the state first began to fracture over the issue of sexual identity.
Ultimately, congregations in the Upstate and the Midlands will make their individual decisions.
They aren’t bound to perform the blessing, which doesn’t carry with it the weight of the ecclesiastical and secular laws of marriage.
More here-
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2014/05/10/churches-debate-blessing-gay-couples/8952581/
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