Scottish Vote Roundup

From The Mirror (more links below)

The Scottish Episcopal Church has voted to allow same-sex couples to be married in church.

A proposal to amend canon law to permit clerics to conduct weddings for gay couples was backed on Thursday at the annual meeting of the church's General Synod in Edinburgh.

Under the terms of the vote, clergy who do not wish to preside over same-sex weddings will not be compelled to do so "against their conscience".

The historic decision makes the SEC the first branch of the Anglican faith in the UK to allow same-sex marriage.

Equal-rights campaigners were quick to welcome the decision.

However, the Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, Archbishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon, said the vote puts the Scottish Episcopal Church at odds with the majority stance within the Anglican Communion.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/gay-couples-allowed-marry-anglican-10587024

The Independent-

http://www.independent.co.uk/News/uk/home-news/scottish-church-same-sex-marriage-support-vote-episcopal-a7779691.html 

The Guardian-

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/08/scottish-episcopal-church-votes-to-allow-same-sex-weddings 

From The BBC-

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-40190204 

The Scotsman-

http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-episcopal-church-votes-to-allow-same-sex-marriage-1-4469886 

US News-

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-06-08/scottish-episcopal-church-to-allow-same-sex-weddings

Time-

http://time.com/4812103/scottish-episcopal-church-same-sex-marriage/

The Telegraph-

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/08/scottish-episcopal-church-historic-decision-backing-gay-marriage/

Daily Mail-

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-4585610/Scottish-church-Britain-allow-sex-marriages.html