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Minister defies Kirk on 'gay weddings'
The Kirk's fragile alliance over gay weddings has been blown apart [sic] after a minister revealed she would use her church to bless the civil partnerships of four homosexual couples. The Rev Kim Cran, the minister of Chapel of Garioch and Blairdaff, in the Presbytery of Gordon, confirmed she had been approached by four couples with a view to holding ceremonies in the church to bless same-sex civil partnerships.Although civil partnerships may only be conducted by registrars, some gay churchgoers want the opportunity to give their legal union a church "seal of approval". Cran said: "I have the four dates in the diary for later this year. I plan to conduct the ceremonies."
Prior to being a Church of Scotland minister, Cran served in the US with a denomination which did allow blessings of gay relationships. Last year, she called for practising homosexuals to be allowed to be ministers.
Full story at Scotland on Sunday.
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