U-turn on threat to church weddings in Northern Ireland christiantoday.com
Authorities in Northern Ireland have U-turned on a threat to de-register churches if they did not state their position on conducting same-sex weddings.
Churches in the province were given just a few weeks to respond to a letter from the General Register Office (GRO) informing them that they needed to fill in a form confirming whether they would conduct gay weddings.
In the letter, churches were warned that if they failed to respond before 17 August – the middle of holiday season – they would not be permitted to carry out any weddings at all.
The Christian Institute said the threat, if carried out, would have amounted to a "blanket ban" on church wedding ceremonies.
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