kim lawton s our report. >> report: boston's historic church of the covenant h been an imptant place anne crane and sarah peeault. the lesbianouple had their first date there in the late 1970snd by the time massachusetts legalizedame-sex marriage, the twoad been active members for morthan 25 years. so a church weddingeemed the obvious choice. >> in particular, we wanteto be married at our home churc with our communitand our faily and friends. >> reporter: but it was complicated urch of the covenant is dlly aligned with two mainline denomations: the united church of chri and the presbyterian church. and while the u.c.c. has no problem maying same-sex couple it's against national presbyteri policy. >> well, it's painful know tht the church that i've been parof all my life does not cognize our relationship and our marriage as bng a legitime marriage. >> reporter: churcof the covenant workeit out so that a retired u.c.c. nister conducted the ceremony, anthe presbyterian side of the chuh officially stayedut of it. ane and perreault say their wedding was beautiful a meaninul, but not quite

i'm kim lawton in boston. >> o'brien: tens of thousands of muslims gathered in washington, d.c., for annual convention of the islamic society of north america. and they had a keynote speaker who surprised many: evangelical mega-church pastor and author rick warren. warren called on muslims and christians to work together to promote peace and protect freedom in the world. he emphasized the need to build relationships based on mutual respect. >> we may disagree over beliefs, we may disagree over behavior, but we are called and we are commanded to treat each other with dignity and respect. >> o'brien: in other news, president obama has chosen research scientist and evangelical christian francis collins to be the next director of the national institutes of health. collins led the human genome project and has been a leading voice urging a better relationship between science and religion. he wrote the best-selling book, "the language of god: a scientist presents evidence for belief." music and religion have some deep and common roots, and some of the world's greatest musicians have taken t

i'm kim lawton in anaim, californ. >> abernhy: the episcopal eneral convention next meetsn inanapolis in 2012. debate er blessing same-sex unions is already on t schedule. in other ws, in washington, judge nia sotomayor this week

kim lawton has our report. >> reporter: boston's historic church of the covenant has been an importantce for anne crane and sarah perreault. the lesbian couple had their first date there in the late 1970s and by the time massachusetts legalized same-sex marriage, the two had been active members for more than 25 years. so a church wedding seemed the >> in particular, we wanted to be married at our home church with our community and our family and friends. >> reporter: but it was complicated. church of the covenant is dually aligned with two mainline denominations: the united church of christ and the presbyterian church. and while the u.c.c. has no problem marrying same-sex couples, it's against national presbyterian policy. >> well, it's painful to know that the church that i've been a part of all my life does not recognize our relationship and our marriage as being a legitimate marriage. >> reporter: church of the covenant worked it out so that a retired u.c.c. minister conducted the ceremony, and the presbyterian side of the church officially stayed out of it. crane and perreault say

kim lawton has ourspecial report from anaheim, cifornia. >> reporter: at eir meeting in anaheim this week, episcopa bishops, clergy and lay representives tackled a host of social iues, from global poverty to justice for dieyland hotel workers. t the most divisive top, on again, was homosexuality. >> it wouldn't a meeting of the episcopal church orhe anglican communion if weidn't mehow engage matters of hum sexuality. >> reporter: despite concns from many global anglin partners, convention delegat overwhelmingly voteto move ahead n two of the most contentiousuestions: whether to ordain gay shops and whher to bless same-sex unions. othe issue of gay bishops, th delegates asserted tt "god has called and macall" gays and leians" to any ordained ministry in the episcal church the vote effectively en a de facto moratorium that was aproved three years ago, ahough it does not guarantee that more gay bishps will be consecrated. separately, the delegat also voted to mo forward in developing iturgies for blessing same-serelationships. thissue will be taken up again at the next general convenon