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• CLERGY WON'T BE FORCED TO PERFORM GAY WEDDGS IF UMC CHANG S STANCE, PASTORS PANEL SAYS
• OF COURSE THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD FORCE CHURCH TO PERFORM GAY WEDDGS
• WILL CHURCH BE FORCED TO MARRY GAY AND LBIAN COUPL?
• CAN CHURCH BE FORCED TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAG?
• IS A CHURCH BEG FORCED TO PERFORM A GAY WEDDG?
• GAY UPLE FIL PLAT FOR REFAL OF WEDDG

CLERGY WON'T BE FORCED TO PERFORM GAY WEDDGS IF UMC CHANG S STANCE, PASTORS PANEL SAYS

| Getty Imag Uned Methodist clergy who oppose same-sex marriage won't be required to officiate gay weddg ceremoni if the nomatn chang s stance on LGBT issu, acrdg to a clergy Church of the Rurrectn, a UMC megachurch based Kansas and head by the Rev.

Haton, who's theologil progrsive and wants the UMC to change s biblilly-based opposn to homosexualy that's ced s Book of Disciple, morated a church lears panel to discs the hotly bated issue wh the male Prottant asked the panel if they believed that all pastors should be required to perform same-sex weddg ceremoni, should the UMC remove s official opposn to gay Copeland, the senr pastor of Lovers Lane Uned Methodist Church of Dallas, Texas, remarked that “right now, ” pastors n already refe to perform any weddg “unr their own nvictns.

Shortly thereafter, as vot were g , Haton pulled up a graphic that showed around 90% of the atten said pastors should be allowed to officiate gay weddgs, but not be required Haton, btsellg thor and pastor of Church of the Rurrectn of Leawood, Kansas, one of the largt Uned Methodist ngregatns the world, speaks at his church's annual Learship Instute event, held Sept. | Screengrab: YouTube/Rurrectn ShareChurchThe panel and Haton also nounced what they scribed as the “fear-mongerg” often found the homosexualy bate, takg issue wh claims om both liberals and nservativ. ”The panel was part of a multiday gatherg at the Church of the Rurrectn known as the Learship speakers at the event clud Jasme Smothers, lead pastor of First Uned Methodist Church of Atlanta, Geia; Bob Goff, an attorney and btsellg thor; Savannah Kimberl, director of rearch solutns at Barna Group; and Kev Murriel, senr pastor of Cas Uned Methodist Church Atlanta, the past several years, the UMC has been embroiled a bate over s Book of Disciple, which labels homosexualy “patible wh Christian teachg” and prohibs clergy om officiatg same-sex marriag.

OF COURSE THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD FORCE CHURCH TO PERFORM GAY WEDDGS

“I would thk that the Hchg Post would probably be nsired a place of public acmodatn that would be subject to the ordance, ” he also told televisn statn KXLY that any weddg chapel that turns away a gay uple would theory be vlatg the law, “and you’re lookg at a potential mismeanor catn. Knapp was not exempt om the ordance bee the Hchg Post was a bs and not a church, ” the lawsu if he refed to perform the ceremoni, Wilson reportedly told the mister that he uld be fed up to $1, 000 and sentenced to up to 180 days all of that was a moot pot bee, until last week, gay marriage was not legal U.

WILL CHURCH BE FORCED TO MARRY GAY AND LBIAN COUPL?

”The lawsu me the same week that the cy of Hoton issued subpoenas mandg that five Christian pastors turn over sermons alg wh homosexualy and genr heaven’s name is happeng to our untry, folks?

“Government officials are makg clear they will e their ernment power to punish those who oppose the advanc of homosexual activists, ” Perks said. “My is gay and he got married years ago, so I looked to the bill. Wa, elimatg nstutnal right to abortnThe Guardian, June 24, Contraceptn, gay marriage: Clarence Thomas signals new targets for supreme urtSupreme Court, June 26, 2015, Obergefell v HodgUSA TODAY, Nov.

There has been a lot of outrage om radil right wg circl this week, as slobberg fundamentalist bigots backwards cspools like Texas and Idaho are fally beg lled to task for their anti-gay hatred. Specifilly, she was worried that her nstuents were beg exposed to Christian ias on the subject of homosexualy, so she lnched an vtigatn to the matter.

CAN CHURCH BE FORCED TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAG?

Two ordaed misters uld potentially face f and jail time if they refe to marry gay upl their chapel. Of urse church will soon be required to marry gay upl.

Put another way: anyone who accepts the current crop of anti-discrimatn and pro-gay marriage laws already accepts the premise that will, due time, lead to regulatg how church nduct marriage has happened Denmark, where progrsive pneers succsfully banned church om refg gay marriag, g all of the exact same arguments that we e here to jtify anti-discrimatn ordanc.

Governments the US will pass laws mandatg gay marriag church, whout a doubt. If a baker n be pelled to bake k for gay weddgs, and a photographer n be forced to photograph gay weddgs, and t-shirt pani n be legally punished for clg to prt t-shirts for gay pri ftivals, and chapel owners n be required to perform gay marriage ceremoni, and if none of the private cizens have the right to n their bs acrdance wh their fahs, and all of the csas n be jtified unr the pretense of featg discrimatn, why then should be any different a church?

IS A CHURCH BEG FORCED TO PERFORM A GAY WEDDG?

We object to the baker or the photographer refg to service gay weddgs bee we've emed that exprsn to be anti-gay. And anti-gay exprsn is always wrong. Is any homosexual danger of starvg to ath if a baker here or there don't want to bake them a weddg ke?

We force chapels to marry gays and bakers to bake k for gay weddgs bee we fd Christiany abhorrent and tt the very thought of anyone attemptg to live by s tes. Moreover, gays n still have their feelgs hurt by discrimatn a church settg.

Forcg Pastor of all theForcg Pastor of all the Church to marry gay upl is a vlatn of the first amendment “The First Amendment to the Uned Stat Constutn prohibs the makg of any law rpectg an tablishment of relign, impedg the ee exercise of relign”.

GAY UPLE FIL PLAT FOR REFAL OF WEDDG

The ncern is the law willThe ncern is the law will change and any anizatn refg to preform gay marriage will be charged wh a crime of discrimatn. Racist church n’t be sued for refg to marry terracial upl (and y, there are still some church, primarily southern, which refe to officiate terracial marriag); marriage equaly for gays won’t be any different.

Not to mentn untri that passed laws regnizg gay marriage prr to Ameri have started passg laws forcg church to perform the ceremoni. Evans (1996) that stat uld not take measur to prevent future distctn of gays and lbians as a protected class unr state law; Lawrence v.