It is proposed to refuse cantors to refuse to play gay couples

To the cantors should be given the opportunity to refuse to play same-sex couples in the wedding deliveries, the Evangelical Lutheran Finnish church The Committee on Ecclesiastical Council proposes in its report.

The bishop’s assembly previously proposed a change in the order of the church in the concept of marriage. According to the proposal, the priest could deliver, but also refrain from marriage to same -sex couples marriage or blessing of marriage.

Now we want to extend conscience protection to cantors. According to the Committee on Legal Affairs, the cantors have a special responsibility for the music of the inauguration, according to the Church Order and the Church Manual.

The Committee on Legal Affairs proposes to the Ecclesiastical Assembly that the proposal of the bishop’s meeting be approved. The report includes a dissenting opinion of eight members, which suggests that the proposal of the bishop’s meeting would be left to lapse, the Church says in its release.

Bishopric According to a proposal to the Ecclesiastical Assembly, the right of gender couples to have ecclesiastical ordination would be imposed on the obligation of the church and to ensure that this realization is responsible for the vicar.

The bishops suggested that a provision on parallel marriage concepts be added to the church order. In one, marriage is understood by a man and a woman and the other between two people. The perceptions are theologically justified.

At the ecclesiastical meeting, the adoption of the proposal requires three quarters of the representatives. According to the Church, the case will continue during the Ecclesiastical Meeting Week in early May.

The church assembly is the highest decision -making body in the Church. It includes 64 lay representatives and 32 priestly representatives.