The union of two women pastors was blessed on Saturday by the Protestant Church.
Emeline Daudé and Agnès Kauffmann, respectively 33 and 31 years old, were married last Thursday at the town hall of Jacou, in the Hérault.
Saturday July 24, in the company of their relatives, they received a blessing of their civil marriage at the Temple of Maguelone in Montpellier.
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Since the Synod of Sète in 2015, pastors have been authorized to bless the marriages of same-sex couples. However, no obligation weighs on the pastors: “
The Protestant Church values a multiple word and a varied positioning. It is therefore important to leave the possibility for pastors not to bless these marriages if it does not fit with their personal convictions
, ”explained the young women to Le Monde.
“We know it has been a tough fight for others before us. By going our own way, it's a way of honoring them, ”
they explain on a daily basis. Authorized since 2015, this blessing meets with reluctance even within the United Protestant Church of France (EPUdF). "
People who are candidates for the pastorate and openly LBGTQIA + were not offered a parish until 2019
" reports the president of the national council of the United Protestant Church of France to the
World
.
Currently “proposing” pastors, the two young women will be ordained over the next two years. Even if they are often solicited by young LGBTQIA + who hesitate to enroll in theology faculty and ask them for advice, they do not aspire to be “
only LGBTQIA +
”
pastors
, they further specified to
Le Monde.
.
