Muslim Prayer Service at National Cathedral Washington DC – Friday November 14

photo: Guardian UK

The monotheistic religionists like the Episcopalians are way ahead of the curve in sharing church property with other faiths. It is a diverse country last I heard.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/14/heckler-interrupts-first-muslim-prayer-service-washington-cathedral

Planners had said they hoped Friday’s service at the historic cathedral would foster more understanding and acceptance between Christians and Muslims around the world.

The prominent Episcopal cathedral often hosts national events, such as presidential funerals, and has hosted Muslims at various interfaith services in the past. But planners say this is the first time the cathedral has invited Muslims to lead their own prayers there, which they call a “powerful symbolic gesture”.

As the service continued, Rizwan Jacka of Islamic Society of North America called the cathedral a house of prayer for all people.

A House of Prayer

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Washington National Cathedral to Allow Same Sex Marriage and Blessings Because It Is Legal in D.C. and Maryland - Render Unto Caesar...

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."

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/09/us/us-same-sex-weddings/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

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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