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Following weeks of controversial debate it is thought that doctrine towards divorcees will be softened but there will not be change surrounding how the Church feels about homosexuality.

The new definition reads: "Marriage involves a unique commitment between two people, traditionally a man and a woman, to love and support each other for the rest of their lives."

Reverend Frank Schaefer went before a denominational judicial council last week to make his case. “I did what I did based on my heart and my conscience," Schaefer said after last week’s hearing.

GAY marriage in Britain took one step closer toward becoming a reality on Monday after the House of Lords passed a bill that seeks to redefine marriage.

ROGER Bolton also said if the BBC interviews a Christian who objects to abortion on religious grounds, “they are treated as though they are just a bit barmy.”

REPORTS said the government wants to allow same-sex couples to get married in formal church weddings, instead of the short blessing ceremonies that the state Lutheran Church currently offers.

THE United Kingdom may soon allow same-sex couples to hold partnership ceremonies in churches, news reports said. The unions could also be officially known as ‘marriages’.

IN the video running to 22 seconds, produced by homosexual rights group The Human Rights Campaign, Ms. Bush said, “I’m Barbara Bush and I’m a New Yorker for marriage equality."

CATHOLIC Church’s supreme head Pope Benedict XVI told Italian politicians that the imposition of legally recognized same-sex unions ‘penalizes’ natural marriage.

HAZELMARY and her husband, Peter, already in his 70s, owned and operated a bed-and-breakfast in Cornwall, England, for three decades. Five years ago, they refused to rent a double-bedded room to a homosexual couple, since they only rent these rooms to married men and women, as stated plainly on their website.