Edinburgh hosts same sex church wedding

The first same-sex church wedding in the UK has taken place in Edinburgh.

Peter Matthews and Alistair Dinnie made history when they were married at St John’s Church, run by the Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC), according to a national newspaper.

In June, the SEC voted to amend canon law and allow same-sex couples to be married in church during the church’s General Synod in Edinburgh.

The move made it the first branch of the Anglican faith in the UK to allow samesex marriage and was welcomed by campaigners.

The wedding is said to have taken place earlier this month with other same-sex weddings also held in SEC churches in Glasgow and Moray since.

The Rev Markus Dunzkofer, the rector at St John’s, said: “Finally being able to do the whole thing felt like the fulfilment of where the spirit had been telling us to get to. It completely made sense, it all came together.”

However, it could lead to action being taken against the church by the Anglican Communion.