Where Christian church, other religns stand on gay marriage | Pew Rearch Center

Contents:

• 3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
• WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
• THE EPISPAL CHURCH APPROV RELIG WEDDGS FOR GAY UPL AFTER NTROVERSIAL BATE
• UNED METHODIST CHURCH ANNOUNC PROPOSAL TO SPL OVER GAY MARRIAGE

3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE

The se also offers rourc on “homosexualy and the Bible, ” books, and a list of same-sex affirmg nomatns. 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.

WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE

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. 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.

THE EPISPAL CHURCH APPROV RELIG WEDDGS FOR GAY UPL AFTER NTROVERSIAL BATE

The Uned Church of Christ has a history of supportg equaly and jtice for the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) muny that spans back more than 40 years. In 1972, the UCC was the first male Prottant nomatn to orda an openly-gay mister, the Rev. “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. Epispalians voted Wednday to allow relig weddgs for gay upl, but not every prit will necsarily officiate at a same-sex rolutns adopted here at the nomatn’s General Conventn meetg Salt Lake Cy this week, the bishops have endorsed new lurgi or servic for same-sex upl wishg to marry church. However, no clergy uld be pelled to perform a same-sex marriage, and a bishop had the thory to forbid his clergy om celebratg gay former bishop of Virgia, Peter Lee, explaed to the bishops Salt Lake Cy the acmodatn meant that a nservative prit a liberal dce would cur no penalty if he refed to perform a same-sex marriage.

UNED METHODIST CHURCH ANNOUNC PROPOSAL TO SPL OVER GAY MARRIAGE

Prits dc where the bishop forbid same-sex marriag may not solemnize gay marriag. A dce that do not perform gay marriag mt pass the uple on to another part of the church that perms gay path toward same-sex blsgs and same-sex marriage began at the 2012 meetg of the General Conventn Indianapolis — the triennial assembly of bishops and puti om the church’s 109 Amerin and overseas dc.

Ltle II of northern Indiana opposed the change, tellg the nventn that the “issue is not the wele of gays and lbians” — all agreed they were to be weled, he said — but “whether we should alter the received fah of the church? ” The Epispal Church supported the full civil rights of gays and lbians, he said. But “God has told that is not appropriate to e the gift of sexual timacy” outsi of the marriage of one man and one the church should be tellg partnered gay and lbian upl is, “Do you love your partner enough not to engage sexual timacy?