There are many churches in
Canada that will perform gay marriages, including the Unitarian Church of Canada, the
United Church and MCC. Although same-sex marriage is not supported in orthodox religious tradition in Judaism, Reform Judaism allows Rabbis to bless same-sex unions in a synagogue. The text does not use the words 'wedding' or 'marriage' in the vows.
For a non-religious ceremony, it is important to know that Canadian law prohibits marriage commissioners from including references to religion in the ceremony.
The Anglican Diocese of New Westminstier, which is located in
British Columbia , began to allow its churches to bless same-sex unions. Although this was good news for
Canada gay marriage, it resulted in bishops from
Africa ,
Asia and
Latin America cutting off relations with the diocese.
