Bishop Andrus Plans Ad Campaign to Attract Same-Sex Couples

June 10, 2008

Bishop Marc Andrus of California announced in a letter that the diocese will soon begin an advertising campaign “celebrating the [recent California] Supreme Court ruling and inviting same-sex couples to our churches for pre-marital counseling and nourishment in communities of faith.”

The June 9 letter also noted that all couples, regardless of orientation, will be encouraged first to be married in a secular service and then have the relationship blessed in The Episcopal Church.

California state law grants county clerks wide latitude to designate deputy commissioners of civil marriages who may solemnize marriages. Bishop Andrus urged Episcopalians to volunteer as deputy marriage commissioners and said he would volunteer at his earliest opportunity. the rest