Having recognized gay rights with their 2006 acceptance of gay unions, Conservative rabbis are now wrestling with the issue of gay rites. The recent efforts of three leading rabbis to construct a ...

The most conspicuous is the change of the name from the “Rite of Marriage” to the “Order of Celebrating Matrimony.” This new name is more in accord with the Latin original, but it also ...

Marriage: Sacred Rite Or Civil Institution? July 31, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. EDT Below is an excerpt from "On Faith," an Internet feature sponsored by The Washington Post and Newsweek.

IT COULD have been different. If Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had signed a bill in 2005 legalizing same-sex marriage instead of vetoing it, the California Supreme Court would have been spared the ...

The House of Bishops voted last year 111-41 to authorize a provisional rite for same-sex unions. ... Same-sex marriage is now legal in nine states and the District of Columbia.

The House of Bishops voted last year, 111-41, to authorize a provisional rite for same-sex unions. ... Same-sex marriage is now legal in nine states and the District of Columbia.