Canada: Anglican bishop seeks OK to bless same-sex marriages

If approved, rite could be offered at designated parish
Jennifer Green, The Ottawa Citizen
Published: Friday, October 24, 2008

An Anglican church in Ottawa may soon be the second in Canada to bless same-sex marriages.

Bishop John Chapman plans to ask the Canadian House of Bishops next week if he can develop an appropriate rite, then designate one parish -- possibly Saint John the Evangelist on Somerset Street -- to offer blessings to gay couples already married in a civil ceremony.

He told several hundred people gathered at Christ Church Cathedral yesterday for an annual synod, or general meeting, that he wants to take it slowly. the rest