In an article entitled "Same sex marriage suggested by board of Church of Sweden" posted on stockholmnews.com, it was revealed that, "The Central Board of Church of Sweden has decided to propose that the Church Assembly should apply to the state for a continued right transact marriage in accordance to the new marital law. The new law was implemented May 1 and states that couples of same sex shall be given the same right of marriage as others.
The Central Board also suggests that the ecclesiastical constitution should be changed in order to make it possible for couples of same sexes to be married, with among else an alternative wording in the wedding ceremony. For example shall the saying ‘man and wife’ be changed to ‘married spouses’.....
......Arch Bishop Anders Wejryd says that the commandment of love is superior to other commandments and prohibitions in the bible."
http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=3407
This past Shabbos, we read Ethics of the Fathers Chapter 2. The first mishnah of the chapter contains the words,
The Central Board also suggests that the ecclesiastical constitution should be changed in order to make it possible for couples of same sexes to be married, with among else an alternative wording in the wedding ceremony. For example shall the saying ‘man and wife’ be changed to ‘married spouses’.....
......Arch Bishop Anders Wejryd says that the commandment of love is superior to other commandments and prohibitions in the bible."
http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=3407
This past Shabbos, we read Ethics of the Fathers Chapter 2. The first mishnah of the chapter contains the words,
"Vehevay zahir bemitzvah kalah kivahamurah…"
"We should treat the minor mitzvot as seriously as the major mitzvot."
"We should treat the minor mitzvot as seriously as the major mitzvot."
Nowhere do I see an addendum to the mishnah that states that love supersedes any of the other mitzvot. Perhaps the archbishop would be so kind as to guide me to the source of his words.
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