Church of Scotland May Need To Stop Performing Marriages.

Church of Scotland may stop performing marriages to avoid legal action

The Church of Scotland has said that it could stop conducting marriages altogether to avoid legal challenges should same sex 'marriage' be introduced.

Speaking at a meeting with Holyrood's Equal Opportunities Committee, Rev Alan Hamilton said: "We are voluntary bodies. We rely upon the donations of our members, and the thought of years of exhausting legal challenge, which is also incredibly expensive, is really very concerning.

"That is why the General Assembly of 2013 in May of this year instructed my committee, together with other councils and committees of the Church of Scotland, to consider whether in fact - and I'm saying this colloquially, this is not the terms of the deliverance of the General Assembly - whether it's worth the Church of Scotland continuing to offer marriages in Scotland.

"It gives us considerable problems internally; we're deeply concerned about the threat externally."

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