Where Christian church, other religns stand on gay marriage | Pew Rearch Center

Contents:

• WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
• POLICY CHANG ANNOUNCED FOR MEMBERS GAY MARRIAG, CHILDREN OF LGBT PARENTS
• WILL CHURCH BE FORCED TO CONDUCT GAY WEDDGS?
• MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
• GAY UPL SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO MARRY CHURCH, SAYS MILIBAND AS HE BACK GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS
• TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT
• 3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
• GAY WEDDGS CHURCH
• WHAT CHURCH CAN GAY COUPL GET MARRIED IN?
• CATHOLIC DCE SAYS GAY AND TRANS PEOPLE N'T BE BAPTIZED OR RECEIVE COMMUNN
• UNED METHODIST CHURCH MOV TO ALLOW LGBT CLERGY AND GAY MARRIAGE
• GAY WEDDGS CHURCH

WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE

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. 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.

POLICY CHANG ANNOUNCED FOR MEMBERS GAY MARRIAG, CHILDREN OF LGBT PARENTS

A siar share (63%) say there is “no nflict” between their relig beliefs and homosexualy. Children of parents who intify themselv as lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr may now be blsed as fants and baptized The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats whout First Princy approval, Print Dall H.

WILL CHURCH BE FORCED TO CONDUCT GAY WEDDGS?

Children of parents who intify themselv as lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr may be baptized, if the ctodial parents give permissn for the baptism and unrstand both the doctre that a baptized child will be tght and the venants he or she will be expected to make, said Print Oaks. Instead the “immoral nduct heterosexual and homosexual relatnship will be treated the same way, ” he said. “I want anyone who is a member of the Church who is gay or lbian to know I believe you have a place the kgdom and I regnize that sometim may be difficult for you to see where you f the Lord’s Church, but you do.

“There are many polil, legal, and social prsur for chang that would change the fn of marriage or -emphasize s importance, nfe genr, or homogenize the differenc between men and women that are sential to acplish God’s great Plan of Happs.

MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

Last June, Denmark’s parliament passed a law requirg church to nduct gay marriage ceremoni.

GAY UPL SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO MARRY CHURCH, SAYS MILIBAND AS HE BACK GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS

When Maryland voters legalized gay marriage November, a nservative iend sent me a lk to the Denmark story to expla why he’d voted agast his state’s ballot iative. He says gay marriage don’t bother him, but he’s nvced that as tak root, church and other relig stutns will be forced to embrace . And the history of how our urts and ernment have safeguard those relig rights weigh fively on the si of allowg church to refe to perform weddgs for gay upl for as long as they so choose.

TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT

I’m sayg that the law balanc the civil rights of gay people agast the civil rights of relig groups—and that ntt, the church (and mosqu and synagogu) w. In theory, the ernment uld direct the behavr of church by mandatg that they perform gay unns or punishg those who don’t by nyg them benefs— particular, tax-exempt stat.

But the same le most cidly do not apply to relig groups that discrimate agast women or gay people. In s like the brought by gay people, the first qutn is whether state law prohibs discrimatn on the basis of sexual orientatn, bee feral law do not.

I’m happy to say I don’t thk this would fly the 21 stat (pl the District of Columbia) that do protect the rights of gay people. But remember, we are still a long way om church beg forced to marry gay upl or hire gay misters.

3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE

When stat have laws that prohib anti-gay discrimatn spac open to the public, they generally exempt “actual plac of worship, the anizatns they operate, and certa private anizatns, ” acrdg to this 2012 law review article. When the law was proposed last sprg, relig groups railed that would require church to rent buildgs to gay upl “for drag parti.

GAY WEDDGS CHURCH

Bee of the backlash, the cy uncil reworked the proposal, leavg out public spac entirely, and June put to effect only limed protectns agast beg fired or evicted for beg gay. “They told people pastors would have to perform gay marriag, ” Graber told me. It’s jt wrong to spook voters about gay rights by argug that gay people are g for their church.

WHAT CHURCH CAN GAY COUPL GET MARRIED IN?

If that ever chang, will be bee we’re as uned about the pernic nature of anti-gay discrimatn as we are about racial discrimatn. Should church be forced to marry two gay people?

| Getty ImagThe four ndidat for bishop of an Epispal Church dce that recently garnered headl for refg to bls same-sex marriag have dited that they will allow the Epispal Dce of Albany has been whout a bishop sce the rignatn 2021 of William Love, who had issued an open letter 2020 refg to enforce a nomatnal le requirg all dc to allow for the blsg of gay marriag. ”Ward wrote that he believ the issue of gay marriage is “tly plited” and that he rpects all sis on the issue, addg that if elected bishop, “honorg theologil diversy would be a prry.

CATHOLIC DCE SAYS GAY AND TRANS PEOPLE N'T BE BAPTIZED OR RECEIVE COMMUNN

”“Seekg rolutn and a mutual path forward would volve a basic mment to rpectg the digny of every person, affordg genero pastoral attentn to every voice, and seekg Holy mon ground on nonilly sound footg, ” Ward July 2018, the Epispal Church General Conventn passed Rolutn B012, which required all dc to bls same-sex unns, removg earlier provisns that allowed several dc to prohib such measur, due to them beg nflict wh the biblil standard of B012 allowed clergy to refe to perform gay weddgs, required bishops who oppose them to let another bishop provi pastoral support for the same-sex uple and to provi a prit to perform the November 2018, Albany Bishop Love released an open letter statg that he refed to enforce the rolutn his dce. The rultg aln ernment ially said would reta a ban on gay marriage. As of 2020, the most recent year for which there is data, more than 42, 000 gay upl England and Wal had tied the knot.

) Pollg June found that more than three-quarters of Brons now support gay marriage, up om jt over half 2012. It end Sectn 28, which prevented schools and lol thori om “promotg homosexualy” and troduced civil partnerships.

“I don’t support gay marriage spe beg a Conservative. Gay marriag beme not an abstract threat but somethg unrtaken by iends, lleagu, neighbours.

UNED METHODIST CHURCH MOV TO ALLOW LGBT CLERGY AND GAY MARRIAGE

Almost half of Brons now say they know a married gay uple. Gordon Brown, Mr Cameron’s precsor, opposed gay marriage office bee was “timately bound up wh qutns of relig eedom”.

Though Bra was not the first to legalise , 19 other untri have sce given gay marriage their blsg.

But has led to a of eccliastil disrd as liberal members of the church argue for the right to perform or partake gay marriag. A group of mps led by Ben Bradshaw, a gay Anglin, is lookg at ways to amend the legislatn to allow willg prits and parish to take part, which they argue uld also help boost dwdlg numbers the aisl. Published: 21:51 BST, 27 September 2012 | Updated: 00:21 BST, 28 September 2012 Labour Party Lear Ed Miliband believ all upl should be able to signify their mment wh the term 'marriage' Ed Miliband last night said gay upl should be allowed to marry Labour lear backed Government proposals to change the law to allow gays to be married a register office or other civil he sisted the reforms should go further by enablg church and fah groups to nduct ceremoni if they wish Miliband is expected to impose a three-le whip on his MPs – the strongt possible stctn on how to vote – when the Commons cis whether to back gay civil marriag followg a nsultatn by the Home Office.

GAY WEDDGS CHURCH

David Cameron will offer Tori a ee vote, as he regards the issue as one of Government is mted to troducg legislatn before the next electn 2015 and polls suggt a signifint majory of MPs will back a change the the moment, is illegal for gay upl to be married church.

’ Gay upl n already enter a civil partnership, which n be rried out church and giv them many of the rights of many relig lears fear that if same-sex civil marriag are allowed, gay activists will e human rights laws to force church to marry them.