The Episcopal Church says it will permit weddings for same-sex couples after members approved the change at a meeting of its governing body.
The decision by the church, which has about 1.9 million members in the United States, follows the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision last week to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide.
The Episcopal Church has taken steps toward greater inclusiveness for same-sex couples in the past. In 2012, it approved services blessing same-sex relationships.
But those services were not considered to be marriage ceremonies by the church, whose headquarters are in New York.
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