It's hard to overstate jt how upset relig nservativ are about gay marriage. Gary Ber's e-mail newsletter about the Massachetts Supreme...
Contents:
- WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
- GAY MARRIAGE: THEOLOGIL AND MORAL ARGUMENTS
WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
Acrdg to a recent study by Pew Rearch Center, the major relig groups Ameri that prohib gay marriag clu Amerin Baptist Church, Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats (Mormon), Islam, and Roman Catholicism. 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.
GAY MARRIAGE: THEOLOGIL AND MORAL ARGUMENTS
A siar share (63%) say there is “no nflict” between their relig beliefs and homosexualy. Supreme Court’s lg that gay and lbian upl have a right to marry.
The graph shows the rponse to the lg and also the general acceptance of homosexualy among members each church, nomatn, or relign.