Where should we, as Christians, stand on gay marriage? What is a Christian rponse to the same-sex marriage bate?
Contents:
- WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
- WHERE SHOULD WE, AS CHRISTIANS, STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE?
- MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
- ALL 4 NY EPISPAL BISHOP NDIDAT WILL ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE IF ELECTED
WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
Homosexualy, Marriage, and the Church.
"Some relig thought lears, takg their cue om popular culture and current polics, are tryg to make a se for biblil support of the practice of homosexualy and same-sex marriage. The book clus movg ttimoni om several Christians who have lived and stggled wh homosexualy their personal liv and n praise God for empowerg them to live for Him. Gane, Roy; Miller, Nicholas; and Swanson, H., "Homosexualy, Marriage, and the Church" (2012).
WHERE SHOULD WE, AS CHRISTIANS, STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE?
" It lled on Catholics "to wele wh rpect and sensivy persons wh homosexual clatns. " The Vatin also said that s refal to give relig approval to same-sex marriage do not preclu givg blsgs to homosexual people.
MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
" The Vatin's msage ced Francis' own words om 2016, when he wrote, "there are absolutely no grounds for nsirg homosexual unns to be any way siar or even remotely analogo to God's plan for marriage and fay. Pope Francis has been viewed wh ut optimism by LGBTQ groups bee of remarks like his statement, wily published 2020, that homosexuals are "part of the fay" and that same-sex and other nontradnal upl need a "civil unn law.
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.
ALL 4 NY EPISPAL BISHOP NDIDAT WILL ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE IF ELECTED
) (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.