The Church of Scotland has moved one step closer to enforcing new laws which would allow ministers to conduct same-sex marriages.
The motion, introduced by Rev Bryan Kerr, passed the general assembly in Edinburgh on the weekend with 345 votes to 170, according to reports from .
Prior to the vote, Reverend Tom Gordon, the current Dean of Leighlin, made a personal plea to the assembly - speaking about his two daughters.
“I have two daughters, both of whom are married," he said.
He continued: "I have one gay daughter in a same-sex marriage. When my older daughter got married she had a choice – to ask me to conduct her service as a minister or for me to walk her down the aisle as her dad. But when my younger daughter got married, she had no such choice."
“Give people a choice: allow their marriage to be conducted by a minister," he added.
"With God’s blessing.”
The changes could still be years off, with the legal questions committee expected to deliver a report in two years, followed by a final poll in 2021.
