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'Irrevocably Redefining Marriage': Episcopal Church Deletes the Words 'Husband' and 'Wife' From Marriage LiturgyThe head of the Anglican Communion, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, has continued to affirm the traditional definition of marriage as between one man and one woman.
According to LifeSiteNews, the change aims to make the church's marriage ceremonies more "gay-friendly." Indeed, Gay and lesbian Episcopalians have been increasingly vocal in their complaints that the language of the current liturgy is both offensive and exclusionary. Being a member of the worldwide Anglican Communion, the US Episcopal Church comes under the loose governance of the Church of England, and consequently the Archbishop of Canterbury. According to the Telegraph, the Church of England's Secretary General William Nye has been heavily critical of the change to such a sacred text and even threatened to cut ties with the U.S. church if it decides to introduce the new service as standard and toss out the current wording in its Book of Common Prayer. The drastic change would see the new service replace the phrase "the union of husband and wife" with "the union of two people"... Click here to continue reading.
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