{"id":2595,"date":"2013-11-21T07:57:16","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T07:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1063197155.n126084.test.prositehosting.co.uk\/?page_id=2595"},"modified":"2026-06-11T12:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T12:31:21","slug":"same-sex-blessings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/help-and-support\/getting-married\/same-sex-blessings\/","title":{"rendered":"Same-Sex Blessings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1us8xf-894d0594030d6b8947b4f0d1ebf2f2cc\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-1us8xf-894d0594030d6b8947b4f0d1ebf2f2cc{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-1us8xf-894d0594030d6b8947b4f0d1ebf2f2cc .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-1us8xf-894d0594030d6b8947b4f0d1ebf2f2cc .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-1us8xf-894d0594030d6b8947b4f0d1ebf2f2cc av-special-heading-h1  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Same-Sex Blessings<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-31lj1f-cc4a84a410351e2e6f0ae0910b5129bf '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>A selection of readings and prayers for same-sex couples who wish to mark and give thanks for their love in faith before God was formally commended for use by the Church of England\u2019s bishops in December 2023.<\/p>\n<p>At St Mary&#8217;s, we are pleased to offer these prayers of dedication, thanksgiving and asking for God\u2019s blessing, and would be delighted for same-sex couples to request to use these as part of a regular public Church of England service.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2607,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2595","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2595"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16365,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2595\/revisions\/16365"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}