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FEATURES | Issue: "Troops hunt for weapons" June 14, 2003

"Union" vows

National | Bishop Michael Ingham instructs his flock not to call same-sex unions "marriages." | Edward E. Plowman

Bishop Michael Ingham instructs his flock not to call same-sex unions "marriages." Yet that is the word the homosexual press uses to describe them. And the 300-line same-sex rite approved by Bishop Ingham sure sounds like marriage vows. Here are a few excerpts:

Today we gather to witness and to bless the public commitment of N. and N. to such a covenant.

The presider then addresses the couple as follows.

N. and N., do you believe God has called you into a life-long covenant of love and fidelity? Couple: We do believe.

Will you live together in love? Couple: We will, with God's help.

Will you be faithful to one another? Couple: We will, with God's help.

... The presider invites the couple to stand in full view of the congregation and to face each other. Taking each other by the hand(s), each says to the other in turn:

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