Social Justice- Transexual, Transgender, Bisexual, Lesbian Gay Peoples
Equal Marriage
“In Canada, marriage is historically, and today remains for many people, one of the most prominent ways which two people’s romantic love and commitment to each other is affirmed. Excluding same-sex couples from the institution of marriage sends a clear message that gays and lesbians are somehow not worthy of such recognition and affirmation.”
Page 33 Of Love and Justice: Toward the Civil Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships, a congregational guide for study and action. The United Church of Canada, 2003.
Let No One Be Turned Away, Moderator Peter Short reflects on marriage, in this February 2004 Globe and Mail article.
Simcoe Presbytery statement on marriage: opposite and same-sex (May 2004) (more).
Government Unnecessarily Delays Equality
It’s time for the Prime Minister to take the lead in supporting equal marriage legislation
Letter from Choice Okoro to UCC Congregations
Resources: Videos for Discussion Groups
How UCC Congregations can Support Equal Marriage
For more information on United Church resources related to equal marriage, see www.united-church.ca search: equal marriage, same sex marriage, Of Love and Justice, marriage kit, family ministries kit.
To order a copy of the United Church congregational resource on equal marriage “Of Love and Justice”, contact the United Church Resource Distribution Centre, ucrd@united-church.ca.
