No Gay Marriage in the Church of South Africa
12/05/2005

The Anglican Church of the Province of Southern Africa will not conform its liturgy to a new law legalizing civil same-sex marriage, according to the Primate, Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane of Cape Town.

In a statement released on Dec. 1, Archbishop Ndungane said the ruling by the Johannesburg-based Constitutional Court “does not compel any religious denomination or minister of religion to approve or perform same-sex marriages.”

The court decision, which directs the South African Parliament to amend its marriage laws within 12 months, makes South Africa the fifth country, after the Netherlands, Canada, Spain and Belgium to broaden its definition of marriage to include same-sex couples.
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