The Prbyterian Church (USA) officially regnized gay marriage this week.
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3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
The Evangelil Lutheran Church Ameri, wh approximately 5 ln members, has passed repeated rolutns to wele gay and lbian people sce 1991. * lutheran lgbt *
In 1991, the Churchwi Assembly passed a rolutn statg that, "Gay and lbian people, as dividuals created by God, are wele to participate fully the life of the ngregatns of the Evangelil Lutheran Church Ameri. Sce 1974, RencilgWorks: Lutherans for Full Participatn has advoted for the full wele, cln, and equy of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, and asexual/aromantic (LGBTQIA+) Lutherans all aspects of the life of their Church, ngregatns, and muny. The gui advot “for the full wele, cln, and equy of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, and asexual/aromantic (LGBTQIA+) Lutherans all aspects of the life of their Church, ngregatns, and muny”.
1964 July At s nventn, the Lutheran Church Ameri (LCA) releas the statement “Marriage and Fay, ” s first on the subject, which ntas no mentn of homosexualy. This statement ntas the Church’s first mentn of homosexualy, which is referred to as a s, but also claims that homosexuals are “often the special and unservg victims of prejudice and discrimatn law, law enforcement, cultural mor, and ngregatnal life. ” The statement nclus wh a fense of “unrstandg and jtice church and muny” of homosexual persons.
Lutheran Introductn to Sexual Orientatn, Genr Inty, & Genr Exprsn (The prt versn of this rource is available for purchase om our eStore.) Sce 1974, RencilgWorks: Lutherans for Full Participatn has advoted for the full wele, cln, and equy of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, and asexual/aromantic (LGBTQIA+) Lutherans all aspects of… * lutheran lgbt *
1971 March An article the New York Tim claims that the LCA is one of only two “natnal church nomatns” that have released a statement support of “homosexual rights” The other nomatn is the Unarian Universalist Associatn.
1974 Lutherans Concerned for Gay People [or Lutherans Concerned], a group prised of laypeople, pastors and ngregatns, forms orr to promote tolerance and acceptance among members of the Lutheran church. Individual ngregatns are urged to wele gay and lbian members. Among the other topics discsed, there are semars on homosexualy led by homosexual dividuals.
Lutherans are spl on learship rol for women, and on gay clergy and the blsg of same-sex unns. European church tend to be liberal. In North Ameri, the largt Lutheran nomatns are fairly liberal (though divid), while the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod is nservative. * lutheran lgbt *
1975 October Lutherans Concerned is given $2, 000 by the ALC’s Divisn for Service and Missn Ameri, markg the first time a gay group has been given direct fancial support om s parent nomatn. Jam Cmley, who rponds to qutns about his stance on homosexualy the church by strsg an emphasis on creatg ls dividual regulatns while keepg church prcipl “basic. 1979 June The ALC’s Standg Commtee for the Office of Rearch and Analysis approv a paper “Human Sexualy and Sexual Behavr, ” which stat that is acceptable to be homosexual providg there is no “erotic behavr.