France's Prottant church has celebrated s first weddg of same-sex pastors, thori said Monday, six years after gay clergy first won the right to marry.
Contents:
- 3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
- WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
- RSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH ENDS TI WH PROTTANTS OVER GAY MARRIAGE
- RIFT OVER GAY RIGHTS AS UNED METHODISTS U.S. HAVE BEE MORE ACCEPTG OF HOMOSEXUALY
- RSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH RAIS FEARS OVER PRO-GAY PROTTANT CHURCH
3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
The Prbyterian Church (USA) officially regnized gay marriage this week. * gay protestant churches *
That trac s theologil foundatn to Luther himself, nsecrated an openly gay bishop 2013 and allows clergy to perform same-sex marriag. They are the us of the prophetic work beg done by fah-based LGBTQ anizatns and their alli, cludg DignyUSA, the Reformatn Project, Gay Christian Network, Soulforce, the Metropolil Communy Church and and HRC's Relign and Fah Program.
WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
* gay protestant churches *
It has weled gay people sce 1976, when s General Conventn cid that “homosexual persons are children of God who have a full and equal claim wh all other persons upon the love, acceptance, and pastoral ncern and re of the Church.
The Supreme Court lg earlier this year legalizg same-sex marriage natnwi has ntued to raise qutns about how the cisn will affect relig groups – pecially those that rema opposed to allowg gay and lbian upl to wed. ) (not to be nfed wh the Prbyterian Church Ameri, which oppos same-sex marriage) and the Epispal Church have wrtled wh the issue for years, often as part of a larger bate on the role of gays and lbians the church.
RSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH ENDS TI WH PROTTANTS OVER GAY MARRIAGE
Frank Schaefer, a Methodist pastor who had performed a same-sex marriage ceremony for his gay son. Schaefer’s se has spl the church, wh some clergy floutg the l and marryg same-sex upl and other, more nservative members threateng to leave if the church do not hold to s current l prohibg gay marriage.
Overall, a solid majory of whe male Prottants (62%) now favor allowg gays and lbians to wed, wh jt 33% opposed, acrdg to a 2015 Pew Rearch Center survey.
A siar share (63%) say there is “no nflict” between their relig beliefs and homosexualy. Epispal Church 2003 after nsecrated an openly gay bishop, and wh Swen's Lutheran Church after sanctned ceremoni for civil unns 2005.
RIFT OVER GAY RIGHTS AS UNED METHODISTS U.S. HAVE BEE MORE ACCEPTG OF HOMOSEXUALY
The Rsian Orthodox Church has been a leadg voice of support for what Kreml crics ll the Rsian ernment's systematic crackdown on lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people's rights recent years.
RSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH RAIS FEARS OVER PRO-GAY PROTTANT CHURCH
Among male Prottants, acceptance of homosexualy stands at 56%, higher than among the total U. However, the gree of acceptance of homosexualy vari greatly among dividual nomatns of Prottant Christiany. At the other end of the spectm are Amerin Baptists and members of historilly black Prottant church, where about four--ten accept homosexualy.