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Bosco Peters-In New Zealand, Marrying Divorcees-Forbidden; Blessing Same-Sex Couples-Allowed?

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Kendall Harmon

This post is to highlight what has mostly been missed in all the intense heat and noise of the same-sex-blessing feud: ironic though it may seem to some, the actual teaching of our church forbids the marrying of divorcees whilst it appears to allow bishops to authorise the blessing of committed same-sex couples in their jurisdiction.

Read it all (his emphasis).

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