Marriage Report
conduct, “blessings” of same-gender covenantal relationships as long as such
ceremonies “do not resemble marriage” without any officially approved rites for
such services.
Response #2
Offer the rites of marriage only to opposite-gender relationships while allowing
ministers to conduct, or to decline to conduct, “blessings of same-gender cove-
nantal relationships” according to officially approved rites for such services.
Response #3
Offer the rites of marriage only to opposite-gender relationships and forbid min-
isters to conduct blessings of same-gender covenantal relationships.
Response #4
Offer the rites of marriage to opposite-gender and same-gender couples while
allowing ministers and authorised celebrants freedom of conscience to perform
marriages or not.
Contributions Wanted
All members of St Margaret’s and the broader Hackett-Downer-
Watson community are invited to contribute articles and photo-
graphs about things that have happened or are going to happen at
the St Margaret’s/Holy Cross complex or in the local community.
Articles about members of the community’s own involvements in
things of interest to others in the community may also be
submitted for potential publication.
The deadline for material for the next issue is 8 June 2018,
with that issue being published on 15 June. Material should be
given to the editor Brian Rope or to Lynda at the church office.
It may be handwritten or typed. It may be posted, emailed or
personally delivered.
St Margaret’s News
11
May 2018