The Prbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 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 ngregatn.
Contents:
- PRBYTERIAN CHURCH LEARS DECLARE GAY MARRIAGE IS CHRISTIAN
- PRBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AMERI CHANG RULE TO DISQUALIFY GAY MEN FROM LEARSHIP IN MISTRY
- WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
- PRBYTERIAN CHURCH FORMALLY APPROV GAY MARRIAGE CHURCH NSTUTN
- PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS SAY THOSE WHO INTIFY AS GAY ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR ORDATN
- PRBYTERIAN CHURCH VOT TO ALLOW GAY MARRIAG
- GAY DATG ATHENS
PRBYTERIAN CHURCH LEARS DECLARE GAY MARRIAGE IS CHRISTIAN
Wh an timated 3.1 ln members, the Prbyterian Church (USA) is very supportive of gay, lbian and bisexual people. * presbyterian church position on gay marriage *
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.
Neteen stat and the District of Columbia regnize same-sex up for breakg news alerts om NBC NewsThe vot, durg a natnal meetg Detro, were a sweepg victory for Prbyterian gay-rights advot. The nomatn 2011 elimated barriers to ordag clergy wh same-sex partners, but misters were still barred om celebratg gay marriag and risked church penalti for dog so.
PRBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AMERI CHANG RULE TO DISQUALIFY GAY MEN FROM LEARSHIP IN MISTRY
The Prbyterian Church Ameri (PCA) voted to change s le on ordatn, forbiddg gay men om holdg mistri the nomatn. * presbyterian church position on gay marriage *
Alex McNeill, executive director of More Light Prbyterians, a gay advocy group, said the cisns Thursday were "an answer to many prayers. Kryst Granberg of the New York Prbytery, where the state regniz gay marriage, said she receiv requts "all the time" om iends and parishners to pri at their weddgs.
"We are layg hands on somethg that is holy, that God has given , so we need to be sure any chang we make are acrd wh God's will revealed Scripture, " Norton the 2011 gay ordatn vote, 428 of the nomatn's more than 10, 000 church have left for other more nservative nomatns or have dissolved, though some theologil nservativ have remaed wh the nomatn as they ci how to move forward.
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.
WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
* presbyterian church position on gay marriage *
” 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. ” McCallum remembers visg her son’s apartment where he was leadg a Bible study for gay men.
PRBYTERIAN CHURCH FORMALLY APPROV GAY MARRIAGE CHURCH NSTUTN
(RNS) — Stt Barber, chair of the Overtur Commtee, told the elrs votg on the overture that s tent is not to exclu Christians who are gay but rema celibate. Still, that’s not the way many opponents of the overture received s approval. * presbyterian church position on gay marriage *
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.
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.
Diana Polekha / UnsplashThe Prbyterian Church Ameri (PCA) voted to change s le on ordatn, forbiddg gay men om holdg mistri the an aim to keep the officers of the church "above reproach, " the Prbyterians passed a rolutn that would ban the ordatn of homosexual men, known as "Overture 23, " The Christian Post reported. Those who profs an inty (such as, but not limed to, 'gay Christian, ' 'same-sex attracted Christian, ' 'homosexual Christian, ' or like terms) that unrm or ntradicts their inty as new creatns Christ, eher by nyg the sfulns of fallen sir (such as, but not limed to, same-sex attractn), or by nyg the realy and hope of progrsive sanctifitn, or by failg to pursue Spir-empowered victory over their sful temptatns, clatns, and actns are not qualified for ordaed office, " the modified le modifitn was approved on July 1 durg the PCA's General Assembly Missouri, 1, 438 legat voted favor of the change while 417 dividuals opposed, the Relign News Service (RNS) Barber, the Overtur Commtee chairman, said that they spent more time on Overture 23 sce was "a hot topic" the shared that the overture do not tend to exclu gay Christians who reta their celibacy. Instead, pots out to dividuals who have homosexual inti ntradictg the characteristics of "new creatns Christ.
PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS SAY THOSE WHO INTIFY AS GAY ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR ORDATN
Prbyterian Church Mak Landmark Decisn On Gay Marriage * presbyterian church position on gay marriage *
"We don't need to amend our nstutn to make a non-affirmg nomatn (hostile) to gay people who want to follow J celibacy, " he told the RNS. Johnson grew up as a "gay atheist" and was only nverted to Christiany when he was llege. Though his fah did not change his sexualy, has nvicted him to live as a celibate, nformg to the church's biblil doctre on blamed the "ex-gay movement" and nversn therapy, which he claimed, are makg the evangelils believe that homosexualy is curable.
He addrs this issue through his upg book, "Still Time to Care: What We Can Learn om the Church's Failed Attempt to Cure Homosexualy".
PRBYTERIAN CHURCH VOT TO ALLOW GAY MARRIAG
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.
GAY DATG ATHENS
) (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.