Same Sex Christian Marriage
A small but growing number of mainline Protestant denominations such as the United Church of Canada and some non-trinitarian denominations, perform weddings between same sex couples. Other churches perform ceremonies blessing same sex unions, but do not refer to them as marriages. The Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Christian churches do not perform or recognise same-sex marriage. Whether to bless same-sex marriages and unions is a matter of debate within some denominations.
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