Britain's Methodist Church to consider same-sex marriage
British Methodists may decide to allow same-sex marriages in their churches after a vote at the denomination's annual conference yesterday.
The Methodist Conference sets policy for the entire British Methodist Church. After a report from a task group on Marriage and Relationships the Conference agreed it would "revisit" its definition of marriage – it currently says it is between a man and a woman – as part of a wider review of its teaching on marriage and family life.
While the commitment to revisit its position does not necessarily mean the Church will decide to sanction same-sex relationships, many contributors to the debate expressed the hope that it would.
The report was commissioned in 2014 and around 8,000 Methodist Church members have taken part in discussions on its contents....
