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On Monday, at the General Convention of The Episcopal Church, the House of Bishops approved a resolution to create a liturgy for same-sex unions.

In the proposed liturgy, each person would make a vow, exchange rings and be declared “bound to one another in a holy covenant, as long as they both shall live.” According to the Episcopal News Service, the resolution proposes the liturgy be approved for provisional use starting the first week of Advent (Dec. 2). 

Today the resolution moves to the House of Deputies, which is made up of both clergy and lay people. A vote is expected this afternoon.

Spokane church leaders are there and will be commenting once a decision is made. Check SpokaneFAVS later today for details.

Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.
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