Scottish Church votes for gay 'blessings'

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Scottish Church votes for gay 'blessings'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/05/24/ngay24.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/05/24/ixuknews.html

The Church of Scotland yesterday became Britain's first major denomination to pave the way for the blessing of gay "marriages", but it deferred a final decision until next year.

The contentious decision by Scotland's national Church will almost certainly be used by campaigners to increase pressure on the Church of England to relax its ban.

Serious splits were exposed within the Church of Scotland in the run up to the vote, with ministers on both sides threatening to resign.

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