Clergy

[New Jersey Herald] They have been friends for a decade or more, but, truth be told, really had not talked to each other for the past few years.

"He reached out to me," the Rev. George B. Martinez told the congregation seated before him. "I want to repeat that -- he reached out to me."

Seated behind Martinez was the Rev. Robert Griner, the collared "he" of whom Martinez spoke.

[Associated Press] The Episcopal Church has completed its embrace of gay rights, changing church law to allow same-sex religious marriages throughout the denomination, just days after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide.