(StarPhoenix) In Saskatoon Some religious Groups support Pride Week

Less than half of the Anglican Church’s 30 Canadian dioceses bless same-sex marriages and not one performs same-sex marriages. The Saskatoon diocese does not bless same sex marriages.

[The Rev. Emily} Carr was married in a United church, not an Anglican Church.

“Getting married was a priority for me. It was something that I wanted to do. If it were to happen that I would lose my job – that was a possibility – I had to understand that was the decision I was making,” she said. “Fortunately for me, that didn’t happen.”

She believes the Anglican Church still has a long way to go in terms GLBT rights.

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