First for Songs of Praise as it broadcasts gay wedding
A GAY wedding was broadcast for the first time on Songs of Praise yesterday.
The ceremony for Jamie Wallace, 27, and Ian McDowall, 39, took place at the Rutherglen United Reformed Church, near Glasgow. It is one of the few Christian denominations to allow same-sex marriage.
Mr Wallace and Mr McDowall are the first gay couple to marry at the Rutherglen church and did so after the local congregation gave its backing.
Speaking on the BBC’s longrunning religious programme, Mr Wallace, a sociology lecturer, said: ‘As a committed Christian, being able to marry the man I love ... in the church I love...is something I’ve dreamed of.’
Staff at Songs of Praise said they were ‘not afraid of controversy’.