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Gay weddings in British churches may be legalised for the first time next week with the Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC) likely to change their definition of marriage.

 

In a move that will further emphasise divisions in the global Anglican church, Scottish bishops will recommend that priests be allowed to preside over same-sex marriages.

 

Gay rights campaigners protest in the grounds of Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury during the Anglican Primates meeting last January.Toby Melville/Reuters

The major change in teaching is expected to pass after six of the seven local diocesan synods agreed to the proposal. The change also includes measures to ‘protect’ more conservative parishes that do not want to marry same-sex couples.

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