Chris Glaser

As My Own Soul: the Blessing of Same-gender Marriage Chris Glaser

With the removal of sexual orientation as a bar to ordination in the Presbyterian Church (U. S. A.), pending approval of a majority of presbyteries, and the Episcopal Church?s 2009 General Convention calling for the development of theological and liturgical resources for same-sex blessings, sexual orientation?especially with regard to marriage?is a central issue. Secularly, too, the topic is front-page news with the recent California same-gender marriage ruling and subsequent Proposition 8 vote and the update of the Massachusetts same-gender marriage law.

This book sets forth the case for religious institutions? blessing of same-gender marriage, positing that same-gender marriage does not detract from the sacredness of heterosexual marriage, but rather enhances and nourishes the institution.

Chapters include:

• ?Claiming the Blessing?
• ?Deeper Than Scripture?
• ?Traditional Family Values?
• ?The Sacred Source of Marriage?
• ?Sex and the Body of Christ?
• ?Marriage As a Spiritual Discipline?