Robbie Williams for weddings?
Quoted from: http://www.entertainmentwise.com/
'Blessed be Robbie and Aretha…By: Maria Lisbonz on 20/10/2005
Robbie William's 'Angels', Aretha Franklin's 'I Say A Little Prayer', and songs of similar ilk are given the go for playing in civil marriage ceremonies by bishops of the Church of England. Music and reading prohibitions in the past were considered excessive even by the bishops, leading Deputy Registrar-General Dennis Roberts to write a review proposing they be relaxed. Bishop of Newcastle, the Rt Rev Martin Wharton added; ' The church sees marriage as central to the stability and health of human society and so to be encouraged and supported. While there does need to be a clear difference between a religious marriage ceremony and a civil one, the House of Bishops doesn't see songs like 'Angels' and readings with some spiritual element as creating a religious service. They wouldn't be part of a usual Sunday service, for example.' In response to inconsistent interpretations of the rules Roberts said 'readings, songs and music that may contain an incidental reference to a god or deity in a mainly non-religious context' should be allowed. Bishops said; 'There is scope for a somewhat more generous approach, provided it does not start to blur the fundamental distinction between a civil ceremony and a religious event.' It's a case of 'Angels in their eyes' then.'

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