The Methodist Church spl over gay marriage, explaed - Vox

Contents:

• 3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
• CLERGY WON'T BE FORCED TO PERFORM GAY WEDDGS IF UMC CHANG S STANCE, PASTORS PANEL SAYS
• GAY WEDDGS CHURCH
• CHRISTIAN GAY UPLE FALLY GET CHURCH WEDDG AFTER BEG 'TURNED DOWN BY 31 PLAC'
• UNED METHODIST CHURCH ANNOUNC PROPOSAL TO SPL OVER GAY MARRIAGE
• INSI THE EVANGELIL FIGHT OVER GAY MARRIAGE
• ALL 4 NY EPISPAL BISHOP NDIDAT WILL ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE IF ELECTED
• EXCLUSIVE: TAYLOR MARSHALL SAYS POPE FRANCIS MAY CHANGE POSN OF CATHOLIC CHURCH ON GAY MARRIAGE
• MARIAGE GAY à L’éGLISE : LE POT EN 2022

3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE

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. | Getty Imag Uned Methodist clergy who oppose same-sex marriage won't be required to officiate gay weddg ceremoni if the nomatn chang s stance on LGBT issu, acrdg to a clergy Church of the Rurrectn, a UMC megachurch based Kansas and head by the Rev. Haton, who's theologil progrsive and wants the UMC to change s biblilly-based opposn to homosexualy that's ced s Book of Disciple, morated a church lears panel to discs the hotly bated issue wh the male Prottant asked the panel if they believed that all pastors should be required to perform same-sex weddg ceremoni, should the UMC remove s official opposn to gay Copeland, the senr pastor of Lovers Lane Uned Methodist Church of Dallas, Texas, remarked that “right now, ” pastors n already refe to perform any weddg “unr their own nvictns.

CLERGY WON'T BE FORCED TO PERFORM GAY WEDDGS IF UMC CHANG S STANCE, PASTORS PANEL SAYS

Shortly thereafter, as vot were g , Haton pulled up a graphic that showed around 90% of the atten said pastors should be allowed to officiate gay weddgs, but not be required Haton, btsellg thor and pastor of Church of the Rurrectn of Leawood, Kansas, one of the largt Uned Methodist ngregatns the world, speaks at his church's annual Learship Instute event, held Sept. | Screengrab: YouTube/Rurrectn ShareChurchThe panel and Haton also nounced what they scribed as the “fear-mongerg” often found the homosexualy bate, takg issue wh claims om both liberals and nservativ. ”The panel was part of a multiday gatherg at the Church of the Rurrectn known as the Learship speakers at the event clud Jasme Smothers, lead pastor of First Uned Methodist Church of Atlanta, Geia; Bob Goff, an attorney and btsellg thor; Savannah Kimberl, director of rearch solutns at Barna Group; and Kev Murriel, senr pastor of Cas Uned Methodist Church Atlanta, the past several years, the UMC has been embroiled a bate over s Book of Disciple, which labels homosexualy “patible wh Christian teachg” and prohibs clergy om officiatg same-sex marriag.

Inclive church are beg more mon now but where n you host a gay weddg church? History of Gay Marriage the the 26th of June 2005 the U.

It is important to remember that the first official lawsus requtg regnn of same-sex relatnships started as early as the the early 1950’s ONE magaze published a ver on homosexual marriage which post officials taed whilst they worked to tablish whether was too obscene for the was a long fight for equaly that still rag on many cultur and religns today. In Yemen for example there is still laws agast homosexualy that rult imprisonment or even Church n Gay People get Married ? AnglinIn June 2003 the Anglins appoted their first openly gay bishop which ed a crisis the muny.

GAY WEDDGS CHURCH

The Associatn of Welg and Affirmg Bapts are mted to advotg for the full cln of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people wh the church.

Gay weddgs fully weled here.

CatholicThe Amerin Natnal Catholic Church allows women and gay dividuals to receive holy orrs and they regnise same-sex marriage.

CHRISTIAN GAY UPLE FALLY GET CHURCH WEDDG AFTER BEG 'TURNED DOWN BY 31 PLAC'

Unlike the Roman Catholic nomatns they are fully clive and perform gay marriag.

LutheranIn Augt 2009, the Evangelil Lutheran Church voted to let ngregatns ll and orda gays and lbians meed monogamo relatnships to be people of the clergy. Blsgs of same-sex marriag have been allowed sce 2009 but was only 2015 when same-sex marriage was legalized did the pridg bishop allowg each ngregatn to choose to eher marry or not marry gay upl.

MethodistAcrdg to a survey by Pew Rearch, the majory of Uned Methodist church the US supports the cln of gay people. 60% advote for homosexualy to be accepted by society whilst only 40% support same-sex marriage.

UNED METHODIST CHURCH ANNOUNC PROPOSAL TO SPL OVER GAY MARRIAGE

They do not believe that is a s to be homosexual, bisexual or Apostolic Pentestals have been active sce 1980 when they first began to anize separately om the male church for the purpose of clivy.

They have been adamant agast homosexualy wh their relign, gog as far as label a ‘sickns’ and a ‘s’ 2021, they fally allowed ngregatns to make their own polic on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex marriage wh church eply rooted eher Importance of RelignSoclogil studi over the years have shown that when the dividuals enterg the marriage value relign that they enjoy greater stabily and higher levels of satisfactn.

INSI THE EVANGELIL FIGHT OVER GAY MARRIAGE

Social media ers ially shared vio of the church engulfed flam wh posts ntag homophobic rhetoric and cricizg the church’s stance on LGBTQ+ issu. “A church Boston where homosexual upl who were nductg a weddg set’s on fire after beg stck by lightng. “Church burnt down by a lighteng, Boston, In the USA, durg a marriage ceremony of homosexual uple.

" It lled on Catholics "to wele wh rpect and sensivy persons wh homosexual clatns.

" The Vatin also said that s refal to give relig approval to same-sex marriage do not preclu givg blsgs to homosexual people. The Vatin's msage ced Francis' own words om 2016, when he wrote, "there are absolutely no grounds for nsirg homosexual unns to be any way siar or even remotely analogo to God's plan for marriage and fay. Pope Francis has been viewed wh ut optimism by LGBTQ groups bee of remarks like his statement, wily published 2020, that homosexuals are "part of the fay" and that same-sex and other nontradnal upl need a "civil unn law.

ALL 4 NY EPISPAL BISHOP NDIDAT WILL ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE IF ELECTED

That special missn nclud wh 53 percent of church lears and lay people votg to tighten language on s same-sex marriage ban at a general nference last Febary, a measure sayg “the practice of homosexualy is patible wh Christian teachg. Epispalians followed su 2018, expandg the right of gay ngregants to get married all ngregatns. Pope Francis has drawn acclaim for sayg “Who am I to judge gay people?, ” but the Catholic Church has shown no sign of changg s strict anti-LGBTQ doctre.

Siarly, the Southern Baptist Conventn, the largt Prottant nomatn the US, ntu to margalize LGBTQ ngregants, wh msag that have bee culture-war talkg pots agast queer rights — like homosexualy is not a “valid alternative liftyle” and “genr inty is termed by blogil sex and not by one’s self-perceptn.

(SWNS)A gay uple who claim they were turned down 31 tim for a church weddg have fally Yerrell, 39, and David Sparrey, 30, tied the knot Wanstead, East London, last month after stgglg to fd a church that would marry pair had ially planned to wa to marry but a fay health issue prompted them to ph spe both beg Christian and always wantg a church weddg, they say they were knocked back 31 tim by var plac before fally somewhere that would agree to marry happy uple had planned to wa to marry but, after a fay health issue, cid to go ahead wh the ceremony.

EXCLUSIVE: TAYLOR MARSHALL SAYS POPE FRANCIS MAY CHANGE POSN OF CATHOLIC CHURCH ON GAY MARRIAGE

"Gay people jt don't thk is possible, but if you are a same-sex uple and you want to get married a church jt don't give up. "But I thk they uld fd a way of terpretg that for themselv and makg possible, after all, love is love no matter whether you're gay or straight. A rabow gay pri flag fli below the U.

S., 60% of Uned Methodist members say homosexualy should be accepted, acrdg to a 2014 survey by the Pew Rearch Center. Meredh is gay and has been married sce 2016.

" He says the plan don't acknowledge the historil legacy of homophobia the church, though he poted to the plan's allotment of $39 ln over four years to "support muni historilly margalized by the s of racism" as a step toward such an acknowledgement. Correctn append, March 18 The Prbyterian Church (USA) ma a historic cisn Tuday night to formally regnize gay marriage and allow same-sex upl to marry s ngregatns. “Fally, the church s nstutnal documents fully regniz that the love of gays and lbian upl is worth celebratg the fah muny, ” Rev.

MARIAGE GAY à L’éGLISE : LE POT EN 2022

Ellison, executive director of the Covenant Network of Prbyterians, which advot for the cln of gay people the church, told the Tim. Although Jt Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, recently affirmed the validy of a 1998 claratn that gay sex was a s, there are signs that the C of E may be movg towards allowg clergy to follow their nscience on the issue.