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  2. Marriage in Canada - Wikipedia

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    In 2001, the majority of Canadian marriages (76.4%) were religious, with the remainder (23.6%) being performed by non-clergy. Same-sex marriage has been legal in Canada nationally since 2005. Court decisions, starting in 2003, had already legalized same-sex marriage in eight out of ten provinces and one of three territories.

  3. Weddings in the United States and Canada - Wikipedia

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    Most wedding traditions in the United States and Canada were assimilated from other, generally European, countries. [1] Marriages in the U.S. and Canada are typically arranged by the participants and ceremonies may either be religious or civil. In a traditional wedding, the couple to be wed invite all of their family and friends.

  4. List of Christian denominational positions on homosexuality

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    On Marriage: In 2014, the Presbyterian Church (USA) voted to change its definition of marriage, allowing its pastors to officiate same-sex marriages wherever gay marriage is legal. In addition, by a vote of 429–175, leaders of the 1.76 million-member Church voted during the biennial General Assembly in Detroit to change the denomination's ...

  5. Religion in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Freedom of religion in Canada is a constitutionally protected right, allowing individuals to assemble and worship without limitation or interference. [5] Rates of religious adherence have steadily decreased since the 1960s. [3] After having once been central and integral to Canadian culture and daily life, [6] Canada has become a post-Christian ...

  6. Types of marriages - Wikipedia

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    The type, functions, and characteristics of marriage vary from culture to culture, and can change over time. In general there are two types: civil marriage and religious marriage, and typically marriages employ a combination of both (religious marriages must often be licensed and recognized by the state, and conversely civil marriages, while not sanctioned under religious law, are nevertheless ...

  7. Interfaith marriage - Wikipedia

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    While of marriages performed before 1960, 81% of marriages were between spouses from the same religious denomination, 11% were between spouses of different Christian denominations, 5% were between a Christian and a religiously unaffiliated spouse, and 3% were other mixed forms of interfaith marriages, the corresponding figures for marriages ...

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  9. Same-sex marriage in Manitoba - Wikipedia

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    Some other religious organisations also perform same-sex marriages in their places of worship, including the United Church of Canada, [21] Quakers, [22] the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, [23] and the Canadian Unitarian Council.