The Mother Church of our English Speaking
Culture in America, Washington National Cathedral, is about to offer marriage
and blessings to same sex couples because it is now legal to do so in both the District of
Columbia and adjoining Maryland.
“Render unto Caesar the things that are
Caesar's and to G-d the things that are G-d’s."
Most Americans know the house of God, also called the Cathedral Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, as a place where sacred rites are carried out on behalf of the nation. It has been host to the funerals of numerous presidents and of inaugural prayer services for four presidents, including Barack Obama.
But it is also an active house of worship in the Episcopalian Church, said the Cathedral's dean, Gary Hall. The denomination has developed a blessing rite that mirrors current wedding ceremonies for heterosexual couples and allows each bishop to decide to allow same-sex marriages in their churches or not.
Bishop Mariann Budde decided to allow the rite, since same-sex marriage is legal in the District of Columbia and now in neighboring Maryland as well, Hall said.
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