From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette-
"Goin' to the chapel and we're gonna get married."
Well, some chapels anyway.
With this week's landmark federal court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania, some houses of worship, including those affiliated with more liberal Protestant and Jewish denominations, will be opening their doors to gay couples -- and in fact have been doing so for years before they had benefit of a marriage license.
Many other religious groups -- including Roman Catholics, Orthodox and conservative evangelical Protestants -- are holding fast to traditional doctrine as a matter of course.
And for still other religious groups, the ruling only further complicates their long-running debates over homosexuality.
Read more:
http://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2014/05/23/Same-sex-ruling-has-religious-leaders-thinking/stories/201405230067#ixzz32XFYqYg9
Opinion – 23 December 2024
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