Methodists have recommended that gay couples be allowed to marry in their churches for the first time in a groundbreaking report.<\/p>\n
In a document published on Tuesday ahead of the Methodist Church\u2019s Conference this summer, a task force called for a series of recommendations in a bid to modernise the Methodist Church<\/a>.<\/p>\n The report was drawn up amid changes in society regarding same-sex relationships, cohabition and the delicining marriage rate, the legalisation of civil partnerships and same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n It also comes following the Government\u2019s revelation last year that civil partnerships would be rolled out to heterosexual couples and the proposal has been welcomed by the LGBT community<\/a>.<\/p>\n The recommendation to change the rules to allow same-sex weddings in its chapels was revealed in the publication entitled ‘God in Love Unites Us’, and was drawn up by the Methodist Church’s Marriage and Relationships Task Group.<\/p>\n