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10-23-2009, 01:47 AM

[COLOR="Navy"]The governing board of the Church of Sweden (affiliated with the Lutheran Church) voted Thursday to allow clergy to perform Same-Sex weddings. The church has been performing blessing ceremonies since 1997 but had never taken an official position on Marriage Equality.

The board approved it overwhelmingly, passing the measure 176-62. The national government passed a law granting full marriage rights this past summer, making it the fifth European country to do so.

Hopefully some of the other churches will embrace this....we can dream.
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Here's the full article from the Advocate.com
Swedish Church: Gay Marriage, Ja | News | Advocate.com

10-23-2009, 05:49 AM

... and if you don't want a church wedding, you can upgrade your civil partnership to a marriage at the local tax office.

We're very enlightened here Smile

10-23-2009, 08:50 PM

Glad to hear that, the Swedes have got it right. Does the other scandinavian countries have the same open minded views as the Swedes?

10-23-2009, 08:59 PM

Norway has had Same-Sex marriage for quite a while , Denmark has civil unions much like the UK, and Finland is currently working on Same-Sex adoption. So yeah Scandinavia is pretty open minded.

10-24-2009, 07:10 AM

It is a great place to live as a gay couple. There was far more shock and chattering in our tiny village about the fact that two Brits had moved to their village to run a farm. The fact we are gay was never an issue or worth discussing and not relevant.

fredv3b · 10-24-2009, 06:27 PM

kitschcamp Wrote:... and if you don't want a church wedding, you can upgrade your civil partnership to a marriage at the local tax office.

The Swedes really know how to do romance!

10-24-2009, 07:14 PM

Yeah, very practical, isn't it. LOL! I love the idea of going to the tax office to upgrade in about 18 months or so when we get Swedish citizenship.

10-25-2009, 01:17 PM

A very civilised country, why can't other countries behave like the Swedes.

10-25-2009, 03:06 PM

The world needs to take a hint from the progressive countries in Northern Europe.

fredv3b · 10-25-2009, 06:46 PM

It seems that the reasons for this decision are not quite as we might imagine.

Guardian Article