Ronald Reagan?s wedding church will also marry gay couples

The Little Brown Church in Studio City, California has announced an open-door policy toward conducting same-sex ceremonies

The California church where Ronald Reagan married has announced plans to do same-sex weddings.

The former US president, whose delayed response to the HIV/AIDS outbreak in 1980s has been criticized long after his death, married his wife Nancy in the Little Brown Church in 1952.

The Little Brown Church last made news headlines in 2008 when Britney Spears was spotted with her then-boyfriend Adnan Ghalib stopping into the church to light a candle after leaving a custody hearing at the Los Angeles Supreme Court.

Based in the San Fernando Valley in Southern California, the Little Brown Church opened in 1939, and since then has hosted over 23,000 ceremonies, including several same-sex ceremonies during the period when it was legal in California.

Pastor Russel Willoughby said: ?It was an honor for me to officiate at their weddings.?

Last month, the Golden State reclaimed marriage equality when the US Supreme Court ruled Prop 8, California?s ban on gay marriage, was unconstitutional.?

Willoughby told World Entertainment News Network: ?At the Little Brown Church, we believe that loving relationships are gifts from God, regardless of the sexual orientation of those involved.

?I have a hard time understanding why the thought of two people loving each other and devoting their lives to one another is so upsetting to many Christians. So what if the people in love are not heterosexual?

?I can't believe that God would limit something so wonderful as romantic love to only one group - those who are straight. Do you really think God would discriminate like this??
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Source: http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/ronald-reagan%E2%80%99s-wedding-church-will-also-marry-gay-couples190713

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