The Evangelil Lutheran Church Ameri, wh approximately 5 ln members, has passed repeated rolutns to wele gay and lbian people sce 1991.
Contents:
- WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
- 3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
- VLADIMIR PUT SAYS GAY MARRIAGE WILL NEVER BE ALLOWED RSIA AS LONG AS HE IS CHARGE
- PUT WANTS TO BAN GAY MARRIAGE A REVISED VERSN OF THE RSIAN NSTUTN
WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
* lutheran church position on gay marriage *
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. OUR STANCE TOWARD HOMOSEXUALS AND LESBIANS.
3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
The Prbyterian Church (USA) officially regnized gay marriage this week. * lutheran church position on gay marriage *
” God did not create people as or to be homosexuals or lbians any more than He created people as or to be thiev, child abers, or alholics.
Those who claim that God ma them as or to be homosexuals or lbians are mtg blasphemy agast the holy name of God. As nfsors of the Lord J Christ Who has reemed om s, ath, and the power of the vil, and Who has washed clean by His blood, we believe that God earntly sir the salvatn of homosexuals and lbians.
VLADIMIR PUT SAYS GAY MARRIAGE WILL NEVER BE ALLOWED RSIA AS LONG AS HE IS CHARGE
People who have homosexual and lbian tennci may be members of our church so long as they.
are not promo tg homosexualy and lbianism as an acceptable life style.
God – numero plac His Word – nmns thepractice of homosexualy and lbianism: Genis 19:1-23; Levic 18:22; 20:13; Romans 1:26-28; 1 Corthians 6:9-10.
PUT WANTS TO BAN GAY MARRIAGE A REVISED VERSN OF THE RSIAN NSTUTN
In 1 Corthians 6 the apostle Pl clearly shows that the ss of homosexualy and lbianism are no more ser than any other s, but that they are s. We reject any suggtn that our practice discrimat agast homosexuals or lbians, or that is unlovg.
The posn of the Church of the Lutheran Confsn is that homosexual unns are clearly and explicly forbidn the Old and New Ttaments (Levic 18:22, 24; 20:13; 1 Corthians 6:9-10; 1 Timothy 1:9-10) bee they are ntrary to the Creator’s sign and will (Romans 1:26-27). The posns and beliefs n be found the “Onle Library” sectn of the CLC Webse, along wh other statements, papers, and reports on the subject of homosexualy and same-sex civil unns and “marriage.