In 2015, the General Convention approved canonical and liturgical changes to provide marriage equality for Episcopalians . The canonical change eliminated language defining marriage as between a man and a woman . The liturgical change provided two marriage rites for use by same-sex or opposite-sex couples with consent of the priest and permission of the bishop.
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"' Sexual rituals "'fall into two categories : culture-created, and natural behaviour, the human animal having developed " sex rituals " from evolutionary instincts for reproduction, which are then integrated into society, and elaborated to include aspects such as marriage rites, dances, etc . Arguably indeed,'sex in its more ritualized and symbolic varieties . . . has moulded the shape of civilization '.
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What I have in mind is the CEREMONIES ( and not just classifications ) in the same manner as given by T'ung-tsu Ch'u in his book " Law and Society in Traditional China " p . 101 and David Buxbaum in his book " Family Law and Customary Law in Asia " p . 45, with regards to the " Six Marriage Rites ".
