The Columbus Dispatch reported last week that gay Episcopalians in central and southern Ohio will be able to marry in churches beginning Easter 2010.
Bishop Thomas E. Breidenthal of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio announced at the 135th diocesean convention that he would lift the prohibition of same-sex unions in the church.
The diocese includes about 25,000 Episcopalians in more than 80 churches.
Right Rev. Breidenthal put conservatives at ease by assuring them that no priest will be required to perform the same-sex blessing.
The General Convention this past summer approved openly gay bishops to serve in the Episcopal church.
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