Oslo's City council has thrown open the august Munch room in Oslo City Hall to any priest who wants to bless a gay couple's marriage, in protest at the Church's decision not to allow gay marriage.

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The city’s mayor, the Conservative party’s Fabian Stang, and Deputy Mayor Libe Rieber-Mohn from the Labour party, announced their bipartisan move on Thursday evening.

“We have decided to open the hall for priests who want to bless gays,” Rieber-Mohn told VG newspaper. “We think it’s sad that the church does not want to open its doors for weddings of people who love each other.”

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