[Magdalen] Bp. Wright OKs same sex weddings

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Jay
 
Agreed. 
 
In the UK, we have the same problem.
 
I was not allowed to have a wedding conducted in an open Church Wiggenhall  
St Peters (which is actually a ruin but very picturesque) because it had no 
 roof
 
So we had the wedding (legal) in the parish church Wiggenhall St  Germans 
the night before and then the "blessing" of the wedding the  next day in 
Wiggenhall St Peters.
 
UK law requires that the church has a roof and is licensed by the Bishop  
for a wedding to be held therein
 
Blessings
Martin
 
 
In a message dated 30/06/2015 18:10:19 GMT Daylight Time,  
jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:

I don't  understand the reasoning behind it AT ALL! Seems ridiculous to me
for a  whole lot of reasons. I seem to recall that Orthodox Jewish weddings
are  *supposed* to take place outdoors, and in some ultra-orthodox sects,
are  often done in the evening under the stars. for some reason which at
present  escapes me.

On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Grace Cangialosi  <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I don't understand the idea  that weddings shouldn't take place outdoors.
> Isn't God's Creation  about as sacred as a place could be?  The first 
time I
> ran into  this was when a friend of my daughter's wanted an outdoor 
wedding.
> She  was Episcopalian and her husband Catholic. The Catholic priest was
>  willing to do the wedding, but told them it couldn't be outdoors. So  
they
> asked me to do it. A friend of theirs who was a Jesuit priest  
participated,
> but he had me pronounce the blessing.
>
> I  still don't know why the Catholic Church doesn't permit outdoor
>  weddings, but I'm sure someone on here can enlighten me...  I don't  
prefer
> them, for a whole lot of non-theological reasons, but I've done  a number 
of
> them, and I can't come up with a theological reason for  objecting.
>
> On June 30, 2015, at 10:39 AM, Susan Hutchinson  <shutchinsonca at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> On  2015-06-29, at 11:59 PM, Sally Davies wrote:
>
> > We have that  same 'outdoors' rule here, must be a Colonial  hangover.
>
>
> This used to be the case in Canada. The  Marriage Canon was changed 
several
> years ago at the behest of First  Nations people. Outdoor venues require 
the
> Bishop's permission in most  dioceses.
>
> My sister wanted me to perform her wedding a few  years ago. I needed
> permission from the bishop in the diocese in which  she was living. She
> wanted an outdoor wedding, was divorced twice (one  only is allowed by
> canon), and is not baptized (neither was her  fiance). I told her that I
> might be able to sort out the outdoor part,  but not the others --
> especially not in a different diocese with a  strict bishop! She 
understood.
> The official part of the wedding was  done by a provincial marriage
> commissioner (a specifically licensed  non religious offficial in British
> Columbia). I gave a blessing at the  end.
>
> blessings
> Susan
>
>
> The Rev.  Susan Hutchinson
> 604-319-7148
>  shutchinsonca at gmail.com
>
>