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Church of Sweden will marry same-sex couples by Rex Wockner
Bay Windows ContributorMonday Oct 26, 2009 The Church of Sweden will marry same-sex couples, the general synod decided Oct. 22 in a 176-62 vote.
Individual pastors will be permitted to opt out of performing gay weddings.
The Lutheran church counts 74 percent of Swedes as members, though only 2 percent go to church regularly.
Same-sex marriage became legal in Sweden on May 1. Gay couples also can marry in Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, South Africa, and four U.S. states.
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