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Contents:
- WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
- 18 ANTI-GAY GROUPS AND THEIR PROPAGANDA
- GROUPS OPPOSED TO GAY RIGHTS RAKE LNS AS STAT BATE ANTI-LGBTQ BILLS
- DO PRO-GAY CHRISTIAN GROUPS REALLY BELONG AT PRI?
WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
* gay religious groups *
Natnal Organizatns: GLADD: (clud bee they are a good rource for relig gay muni)The Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD) amplifi the voice of the LGBT muny by empowerg real people to share their stori, holdg the media acuntable for the words and imag they prent, and helpg grassroots anizatns munite effectively.
18 ANTI-GAY GROUPS AND THEIR PROPAGANDA
Rencilg Mistri NetworkUCC Coaln for LGBT Concerns The Coaln provis support and sanctuary to all our lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr sisters and brothers, their fai and iends; advot for their full cln church and society; and brgs Christ's affirmg msage of love and jtice for all Coaln for LGBT Concerns UU Wele And EqualyUnarian Universalist ngregatns extend a warm wele to lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) dividuals, fai, and muni.
GROUPS OPPOSED TO GAY RIGHTS RAKE LNS AS STAT BATE ANTI-LGBTQ BILLS
Affirmatn (LDS) Lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr dividuals om every background and suatn, uned the shared experience of a spirual and/or cultural herage the Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats (LDS/Mormon). Affirmatn More Light Prbyterians: “Followg the risen Christ, and seekg to make the Church a te muny of hospaly, the missn of More Light Prbyterians is to work for the full participatn of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people of fah the life, mistry and wns of the Prbyterian Church (USA).
Room For All: “We are Room for All, rpondg to the clive love of God through: wele and support for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people and their alli, thentic dialogue wh those who thk differently. "Metropolan Communy ChurchInternatnal Organizatns:Salaam Canada: Salaam is an anizatn dited to Mlims who are lbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual/ transgenr and or tersex, as well as those qutng their sexual orientatn or genr inty, their fai and iends.
In 2005, the erng body of the Amerin Baptist Church USA affirmed that “God’s sign for sexual timacy plac wh the ntext of marriage between one man and one woman” and that “homosexualy is patible wh Biblil teachg. ” In 2006, the church’s Pacific Southwt regnal board (which clus church California, Hawaii, Nevada and Arizona) spl om the nomatn bee the nomatn’s natnal learship cled to penalize ngregatns that weled openly gay members. ” At s 2010 natnal nventn, the LCMS rpond to the Evangelil Lutheran Church Ameri’s 2009 cisn (which gave ELCA ngregatns the optn to support lifelong, monogamo, same-sex relatnships) by rtatg the LCMS posn that homosexualy is a s “ any and all suatns” and by enuragg the ELCA to rensir s cisn.
DO PRO-GAY CHRISTIAN GROUPS REALLY BELONG AT PRI?
It lled on “Southern Baptists not only to stand agast same-sex unns but to monstrate our love for those practicg homosexualy by sharg wh them the fivg and transformg power of the gospel of J Christ (1 Corthians 6:9-11). 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.