Anglican bishop seeks OK to bless same-sex marriages

Posted on October 24, 2008 
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Bishop John Chapman of OttawaAn 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…

– Report from The Ottawa Citizen. (Photo: The Anglican Journal.)