{"id":86016,"date":"2019-10-31T09:00:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T13:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=86016"},"modified":"2019-10-31T05:59:21","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T09:59:21","slug":"belfast-telegraph-largest-northern-ireland-churches-insist-same-sex-weddings-wont-be-held-in-places-of-worship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=86016","title":{"rendered":"(Belfast Telegraph) Largest Northern Ireland churches insist same-sex weddings won&#8217;t be held in places of worship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>None of the largest Churches in Northern Ireland have said they are prepared to carry out same-sex marriages.<\/p>\n<p>The Church of Ireland, Methodist Church of Ireland and Presbyterian Church in Ireland all stated that they will only celebrate marriages between a man and a woman.<\/p>\n<p>The Catholic Church expressed its concerns at the &#8220;redefinition&#8221; of marriage, but did not comment directly on whether it would hold same-sex wedding ceremonies on its properties.<\/p>\n<p>The Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster did not reply when approached for comment, although it has previously expressed its opposition to same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n<p>However, All Souls Church, a non-subscribing Presbyterian Church based in south Belfast, confirmed it will provide the opportunity for same-sex couples to have their marriage solemnised.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk\/news\/northern-ireland\/northern-ireland-churches-insist-samesex-weddings-wont-be-held-in-places-of-worship-38621931.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>None of the largest Churches in Northern Ireland have said they are prepared to carry out same-sex marriages. The Church of Ireland, Methodist Church of Ireland and Presbyterian Church in Ireland all stated that they will only celebrate marriages between<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=86016\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[576,443,175,168,98,154,108,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-unions-partnerships","category-ireland-england-uk","category-anthropology","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-marriage-family","category-other-churches","category-religion-culture","category-theology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86016"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86017,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86016\/revisions\/86017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}