The Church of Scotland has moved one step closer to enforcing new laws which would allow ministers to conduct same-sex marriages.
The motion, introduced by Rev Bryan Kerr, passed the general assembly in Edinburgh on the weekend with 345 votes to 170, according to reports from The Guardian.
Prior to the vote, Reverend Tom Gordon, the current Dean of Leighlin, made a personal plea to the assembly - speaking about his two daughters.
“I have two daughters, both of whom are married," he said.
He continued: "I have one gay daughter in a same-sex marriage. When my older daughter got married she had a choice – to ask me to conduct her service as a minister or for me to walk her down the aisle as her dad. But when my younger daughter got married, she had no such choice."
“Give people a choice: allow their marriage to be conducted by a minister," he added.
"With God’s blessing.”
The changes could still be years off, with the legal questions committee expected to deliver a report in two years, followed by a final poll in 2021.
