Tie the knot to Robbie
Quoted from: http://www.itn.co.uk
'10.40PM, Wed Oct 19 2005Robbie's song 'Angels' and Aretha Franklin's 'I Say A Little Prayer' have been given the stamp of approval by the Church of England for use in civil marriage ceremonies.
The bishops were responding to a review by the Deputy Registrar-General Dennis Roberts which proposed relaxing a ban on religious references in secular ceremonies.
They admitted that some of the prohibitions made in the past had been "excessive."
The Rt Rev Martin Wharton, Bishop of Newcastle, said: "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".
He added: "They wouldn't be part of a usual Sunday service, for example."'

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