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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. Christianity in Canada - Wikipedia

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    A map of Canada by province and territory showing the distribution of the population by religious affiliation in 2021. Christianity is the most adhered-to religion in Canada, with 19,373,330 Canadians, or 53.3%, identifying themselves as of the 2021 census. [1] [2] The preamble to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms refers to God.

  4. Weddings in the United States and Canada - Wikipedia

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    Today, couples in the United States and Canada are waiting later in life to get married. The average age for males getting married in the United States is 27 years old, whereas, women's average age is 25. [4] In Canada, the average age for males and females getting married varies on depending on province or territory but are usually 16 or older ...

  5. Religion in Canada - Wikipedia

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    St. Paul's Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia, the oldest Anglican church in Canada still standing, built in 1750. Before the arrival of Europeans, the Indigenous peoples followed a wide array of mostly animistic religions and spirituality; [13] [41] [14] [42] [15] [43] [44] "including the presence of creation stories, the role of tricksters or of supernatural beings in folklore and the importance ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. Americans are becoming less religious. None more than ... - AOL

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    Americans have been disaffiliating from organized religion over the past few decades. About 63% of Americans are Christian, according to the Pew Research Center, down from 90% in the early 1990s. ...

  9. Catholic Church in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Johnston, A.B.J. Life and Religion at Louisbourg, 1713–1758 (MGill-Queen's University Press, 1996) Lahey, Raymond J. The First Thousand Years: A Brief History of the Catholic Church in Canada (2002) Laverdure, Paul. "Achille Delaere and the Origins of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Western Canada." Historical Papers (2004). online; McGowan ...