The Prbyterian Church (USA) officially regnized gay marriage this week.
Contents:
- 3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
- WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
- UNED METHODIST NSERVATIV TAIL BREAKAWAY PLANS OVER GAY CLN
- MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
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.
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.
WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
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.
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. This Kansas Cy, Kansas group provis healg to those who have experienced “church hurt” due to their methodologyIn the origal versn of this article, a hoe of worship had to explicly state s support for the LGBTQ muny s official materials or be led by an openly gay mister orr to make the cut.
UNED METHODIST NSERVATIV TAIL BREAKAWAY PLANS OVER GAY CLN
Person and onleIn addn to officiatg gay weddgs and once hostg the st of Queer Eye, Crossroads Church stat that around 20% of s membership intifi as part of the LGBTQ muny. ” The church marri gay upl and wel LGBTQ clergy members. Andrew’s Epispal Church recently had an openly gay assistant pastor.
” For example, Congregatn Beth Torah Overland Park is led by an openly gay rabbi who told , “We are a safe space for LGBTQ+ youth and fai general. The church adds that “when gay men began dyg of AIDS and other church refed to bury them, let alone touch them, Spir of Hope buried them and red for all their needs. “Unarian Universalists have always been the foreont on issu of diversy and cln, whether has been blsg gay unns or ordag gay misters, ” rear Greg Hack told The Star.
MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
| Getty ImagThe four ndidat for bishop of an Epispal Church dce that recently garnered headl for refg to bls same-sex marriag have dited that they will allow the Epispal Dce of Albany has been whout a bishop sce the rignatn 2021 of William Love, who had issued an open letter 2020 refg to enforce a nomatnal le requirg all dc to allow for the blsg of gay marriag.
”Ward wrote that he believ the issue of gay marriage is “tly plited” and that he rpects all sis on the issue, addg that if elected bishop, “honorg theologil diversy would be a prry. ”“Seekg rolutn and a mutual path forward would volve a basic mment to rpectg the digny of every person, affordg genero pastoral attentn to every voice, and seekg Holy mon ground on nonilly sound footg, ” Ward July 2018, the Epispal Church General Conventn passed Rolutn B012, which required all dc to bls same-sex unns, removg earlier provisns that allowed several dc to prohib such measur, due to them beg nflict wh the biblil standard of B012 allowed clergy to refe to perform gay weddgs, required bishops who oppose them to let another bishop provi pastoral support for the same-sex uple and to provi a prit to perform the November 2018, Albany Bishop Love released an open letter statg that he refed to enforce the rolutn his dce.
The Roman Catholic Church, the largt Christian nomatn the Uned Stat wh an timated 62 ln members, has weled celibate gay and lbian people to s church life but creasgly is beg more tolerant even of this populatn.