(The Telegraph): "The Scottish Episcopal Church has become the first mainstream Christian denomination in the UK to allow same-sex couples to marry.

Its general synod voted to allow clergy to marry gay couples in a move that leaves the small church at odds with the majority of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

The move, following a historic debate in Edinburgh, means same-sex couples could be married in the church as early as this autumn. It will also allow gay Christians from any Anglican church to ask to be married in Scotland's Anglican church.

Clergy who want to officiate at gay marriages will have to "opt-in," and the church said this meant that those who disagreed with the change would not have to act against their conscience."

Note from Ron: Speaking of "going against their conscience," for over a hundred years white US southern Churches treated people of color like s..t instead of like human beings. "Moral conscience" is sometimes an oxymoron that means you can do whatever the hell you like. For more on the Scottish Episcopal Church's accepting gay marriage, Click Here.