Four days after the U.S. Supreme
Court made marriage equality the law of the land, the House of Bishops approved two new marriage
liturgies for trial use and a canonical change to remove references to marriage
as being between a man and a woman. The resolutions now move to the House of
Deputies for approval.
The deputies, meanwhile, gave final
approval to Resolution A037 which continues the work of the Task Force on the Study of Marriage.
If the House of Deputies concurs
with the House of Bishops-amended Resolution A054 the liturgies “The Witnessing and Blessing of a Marriage” and “The Celebration
and Blessing of a Marriage 2” from “Liturgical Resources 1: I Will Bless You
and You Will be a Blessing, Revised and Expanded 2015” from the supplemental
Blue Book materials of the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music will be
available for trial use beginning this Advent. Those rites offer the option of
using “wife,” “husband,” “person” or “spouse,” thus making them applicable for
both heterosexual and same-sex couples.
The bishops eliminated a third
proposed liturgy from the resolution, “The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony.”
All three liturgies can be found on
pages 2-151 from the materials provided to convention by the standing
commission, found here.
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