Prbyterian Church Ameri lears say those who intify as gay are not qualified for ordatn

Contents:

• WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
• 3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH FORMALLY APPROV GAY MARRIAGE CHURCH NSTUTN
• US PRBYTERIAN CHURCH REGNIS GAY MARRIAGE
• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH LEARS DECLARE GAY MARRIAGE IS CHRISTIAN
• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS SAY THOSE WHO INTIFY AS GAY ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR ORDATN
• PRBYTERIANS APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE CHURCH CONSTUTN
• PRBYTERIANS APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE CHURCH NSTUTN

WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE

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. Ellison, executive director of the Covenant Network of Prbyterians, which advot for the cln of gay people the church, told the Tim.

” Meanwhile, on Twter, the Relign News Service announced that wh the PC(USA) change “male Prottants have solidified their support for gay marriage. “I remember Chris wrote , ” she says, sharg the story of how her son me out to her as gay.

3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE

” McCallum remembers visg her son’s apartment where he was leadg a Bible study for gay men.

She had never nmned homosexualy as agast God’s will, but tth be told, she had been uneasy wh .

When an associate pastor said to me, ‘I have a gay brother, and he don’t have any more time for you to study the matter, ’ I ma a cisn.

PRBYTERIAN CHURCH FORMALLY APPROV GAY MARRIAGE CHURCH NSTUTN

I am glad that a pastor is not forced to officiate at any marriage, heterosexual or homosexual, if they don’t feel is wise. Jt as the church changed her stance on slavery and women’s role the church, some of have e to unrstand the biblil prohibns of homosexual behavr to refer stead to vlent sexual acts agast anyone, wh specific reference to sexual acts between men and children. 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.

US PRBYTERIAN CHURCH REGNIS 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. A siar share (63%) say there is “no nflict” between their relig beliefs and homosexualy.

UPDATE: The Prbyterian Church falized s cisn to regnize gay marriage a vote Tuday night. By affirmg the right of mted gay upl to make life-long vows to one another, we are seekg to walk the Way of J, who stood wh the outst and proclaimed their full humany.

PRBYTERIAN CHURCH LEARS DECLARE GAY MARRIAGE IS CHRISTIAN

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. ) approved refg marriage the church nstutn Tuday to clu a "mment between two people, " beg the largt Prottant group to formally regnize gay marriage as Christian and allow same-sex weddgs every new fn was endorsed last year by the church General Assembly, or top legislative body, but required approval om a majory of the nomatn's 171 regnal districts, or prbyteri. Rob Whe, a lear of More Light Prbyterians, which advot for gay acceptance wh the far, 41 prbyteri have rejected the refn, which clus a provisn that no clergy would be pelled to pri at a gay marriage or host such a ceremony on church property.

The vote one prbytery was tied, acrdg to a tally by the Covenant Network of Prbyterians, a pro-gay group that works to keep Prbyterians uned spe theologil year, the church had allowed misters to pri at gay weddgs if lol church lears approved stat where the unns were legally regnized.

Between 2011, when the Prbyterian church thorized gay ordatn, and 2013, the latt year for which figur are available, 428 of the nomatn's church left for more nservative nomatns or dissolved, though some theologil nservativ have remaed as they ci how to move Fowler LaBerge, print of the nservative Prbyterian Lay Commtee, said the new fn was "an exprs repudiatn of the Bible" and approved "what God do not bls. He said the Fellowship's opposn to the amendment is " no way tend to be anti-gay, " but aims "wh huy" to uphold the tradnal Bible view of marriage.

PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS SAY THOSE WHO INTIFY AS GAY ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR ORDATN

Although several Prottant nomatns have taken signifint steps toward regnizg same-sex relatnships, only one other major Christian group has endorsed gay marriage as Christian 2005, the 1. "The Epispal Church, which blazed a trail 2003 by electg the first openly gay Anglin bishop, Gene Robson, do not have a formal posn on gay marriage, but allows bishops to ci whether their prits n officiate at the ceremoni. Epispalians will take up gay marriage at a natnal meetg Evangelil Lutheran Church Ameri, which elimated barriers to gay ordatn 2009, tak a siar approach, allowg some discretn by clergy and ngregatns to officiate at same-sex ceremoni whout formally regnizg same-sex marriage as a Uned Methodist Church, the send-largt Prottant nomatn the U.

S., bars "self-avowed practicg homosexuals" om ordatn and prohibs gay weddgs.

Many Methodist clergy have been performg gay marriag as a prott of church Rev. Intify and evaluate var theologil and biblil perspectiv on homosexualy, givg attentn to specific biblil texts and them.

PRBYTERIANS APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE CHURCH CONSTUTN

Survey general studi and rearch, and asss theori and assumptns about homosexualy light of biblil and theologil perspectiv and current unrstandgs about homosexualy the social and behavral scienc, homophile groups, and society at large. Suggt guil for fahful Christian rponse to the nflicts between valu, rights, and human muni manift relatn to homosexualy, both the life of the church, cludg ordatn, and wh rpect to broad social polici.

Ordag bodi (ssns and prbyteri) are permted but not required to orda lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr persons.

"But the nomatn has clud a provisn that no clergy would be pelled to pri over a gay marriage or host such a ceremony on church property. ) approved the ordatn of gay pastors, elrs and ans 2011, which led to many nservative ngregatns to leave the nomatn.

PRBYTERIANS APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE CHURCH NSTUTN

But a separate policy change that tak effect at the end of this week's meetg, legat voted to allow misters to pri at gay weddgs stat where the unns are legal and lol ngregatnal lears approve.