Priests clash — debate bride handover

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Priests clash — debate bride handover

Should it be permissible for the bride to be escorted to the altar by, for example, her father, or not? Johannes Svanerud, a priest in the Salem parish, doesn't think so. I think that the Swedish Church stands for certain values and traditions. We talk very much about equality, equality and the equal worth of all people,” he says. Allowing a bride to be led down the aisle and handed over to her future husband is incompatible with the church's Ch…