Gay weddgs: who mt perform them? | Baptist Msenger of Oklahoma

Contents:

• FIVE EVANGELIL PASTORS WHO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
• WOULD YOU ATTEND A GAY WEDDG?
• CLERGY WON'T BE FORCED TO PERFORM GAY WEDDGS IF UMC CHANG S STANCE, PASTORS PANEL SAYS
• SOUTH AIN GAY PASTOR MARRI HIS LONG-TIME BOYIEND
• MALAYSIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PASTOR TO MARRY
• GAY WEDDGS: WHO MT PERFORM THEM?
• WHAT TO SAY TO A PASTOR WHO WANTS TO OFFICIATE A GAY WEDDG
• CLERGY FY METHODIST CHURCH AT GAY PASTOR'S WEDDG
• 6 THGS PASTORS SHOULD PREACH ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE
• IS BIBLILLY ALLOWABLE FOR A PASTOR TO BE GAY?
• SHOULD I ATTEND A GAY WEDDG?
• GAY WEDDGS: WHO MT PERFORM THEM?

FIVE EVANGELIL PASTORS WHO BACK GAY MARRIAGE

If you said someone was evangelil you knew pretty much what you were gettg – errancy of the Bible, importance of preachg, a foc on evangelism, warngs of hell and most of all – opposn to gay marriage. While still far om the mastream and the overwhelmg majory of self-scribed evangelils are still opposed to gay marriage, there are a growg list of pastors who scribe themselv as evangelil and yet support same sex upl. 'It has taken untls hours of prayer, study, nversatn and emotnal turmoil to brg me to the place where I am fally ready to ll for the full acceptance of Christian gay upl to the Church, ' he wrote.

'Through [my wife] Peggy, I have e to know so many gay Christian upl whose relatnships work much the same way as our own. In a bate at San Francis's Grace Cathedral 2013, the thor and pastor Rob Bell, already discreded by many evangelils for his book Love Ws, gave a blanket endorsement of gay marriage.

An outspoken cric of the Relig Right and print of the Sojourners magaze, Jim Wallis reversed his stance on gay marriage an terview wh the Huffgton Post  2013. Several of Jen Hatmaker's books have been produced by LifeWay's B&H Publishg, who announced they would no longer work wh her after she changed her stance on gay marriageFacebook / Jen Hatmaker.

WOULD YOU ATTEND A GAY WEDDG?

One of the relatively few proment female voic on the evangelil scene, Hatmaker received a fierce backlash when she said she thought God saw monogamo gay relatnships as holy. In an terview wh Relign News Service she said: 'From a spirual perspective, sce gay marriage is legal all 50 stat, our muni have plenty of gay upl who, jt like the rt of , need marriage support and parentg help and Christian muny.

Asked if she would attend a gay iend's weddg she said was an easy answer: 'I would attend that weddg wh gladns, and I would drk champagne.

CLERGY WON'T BE FORCED TO PERFORM GAY WEDDGS IF UMC CHANG S STANCE, PASTORS PANEL SAYS

I want the very bt for my gay iends. The Southern Baptist church pastor om Los Angel, California, announced 2014 he is 'gay affirmg' and had accepted his son's homosexualy. 'In Augt of 2013, on a sunny day at the beach, I realized I no longer believed the tradnal [church] teachgs regardg homosexualy, ' Cortez said a letter published on Patheos blog.

SOUTH AIN GAY PASTOR MARRI HIS LONG-TIME BOYIEND

'And was pecially the ttimony of my gay iends that helped me to see how they have been margalised that my ey beme open to the jtice that the church has wrought. The apostle Pl said, “Do not be ceived: neher the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexualy, nor thiev, nor the greedy, nor dnkards, nor revilers, nor swdlers will her the kgdom of God” (1 Corthians 6:9–10).

MALAYSIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PASTOR TO MARRY

| Getty Imag Uned Methodist clergy who oppose same-sex marriage won't be required to officiate gay weddg ceremoni if the nomatn chang s stance on LGBT issu, acrdg to a clergy Church of the Rurrectn, a UMC megachurch based Kansas and head by the Rev. Haton, who's theologil progrsive and wants the UMC to change s biblilly-based opposn to homosexualy that's ced s Book of Disciple, morated a church lears panel to discs the hotly bated issue wh the male Prottant asked the panel if they believed that all pastors should be required to perform same-sex weddg ceremoni, should the UMC remove s official opposn to gay Copeland, the senr pastor of Lovers Lane Uned Methodist Church of Dallas, Texas, remarked that “right now, ” pastors n already refe to perform any weddg “unr their own nvictns. Shortly thereafter, as vot were g , Haton pulled up a graphic that showed around 90% of the atten said pastors should be allowed to officiate gay weddgs, but not be required Haton, btsellg thor and pastor of Church of the Rurrectn of Leawood, Kansas, one of the largt Uned Methodist ngregatns the world, speaks at his church's annual Learship Instute event, held Sept.

| Screengrab: YouTube/Rurrectn ShareChurchThe panel and Haton also nounced what they scribed as the “fear-mongerg” often found the homosexualy bate, takg issue wh claims om both liberals and nservativ. ”The panel was part of a multiday gatherg at the Church of the Rurrectn known as the Learship speakers at the event clud Jasme Smothers, lead pastor of First Uned Methodist Church of Atlanta, Geia; Bob Goff, an attorney and btsellg thor; Savannah Kimberl, director of rearch solutns at Barna Group; and Kev Murriel, senr pastor of Cas Uned Methodist Church Atlanta, the past several years, the UMC has been embroiled a bate over s Book of Disciple, which labels homosexualy “patible wh Christian teachg” and prohibs clergy om officiatg same-sex marriag.

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Church members were full of cheers and applse when a gay Anglin prit the Anglin Church South Ai recently “married” another man. Pastor Pl Mwra is seen makg out wh his homosexual lover, another gay prit om Kenya, John Maierepi as they tie the knot to live wh each other till the end of life. “Sexual orientatn is born, unchosen and unchangeable, don’t judge them please, touch not the anoted on, ” the two pastors are quoted as sayg when asked why they chose to be gays.

READ ALSO: Afia Schwar’s son fally opens up on gay mours. STORY HIGHLIGHTSHe chose Malaysia's Inpennce Day to "remd keep fightg"A Che-Malaysian, he plans a Che weddg banquet Kuala Lumpur next yearHomosexualy is prosecutable unr Malaysia's Penal Co 377Both Ngeo and his fiance's prev marriag had been wh women (CNN) -- Malaysia's first openly gay pastor has chosen Wednday, cidg wh the untry's Inpennce Day, to get married to his Amerin partner New York, barely a month after same-sex marriage beme legalized there. In Malaysia, a predomantly Mlim natn, sodomy and "rnal terurse agast the orr of nature, "-- unr which homosexualy falls -- are prosecutable unr Penal Co 377.

SHOULD I ATTEND A GAY WEDDG?

Islamic Sharia laws Malaysia also crimalize homosexualy. The Human Rights Commissn of Malaysia cled a requt by CNN to ment on gay marriage, wh the public affairs spokwoman llg "a very sensive issue and not a mon liftyle.

GAY WEDDGS: WHO MT PERFORM THEM?

"A lot of gay people, bee of prejudice and discrimatn, hi themselv a heterosexual marriage bee of social prsur, fay prsur, " Ngeo said.

A lot of gay people, bee of prejudice and discrimatn, hi themselv a heterosexual marriage--Rev. Ngeo said he had believed his wife was sent as an angel of God to get rid of his homosexualy. There he attend the New York Cy ngregatn of Metropolan Communy Church (MCC), which was found 1968 as a mistry that weled gays, bisexuals and transgenred people.

Cheng, a gay theologian and member of the MCC theologi team who had been assistant pastor when Ngeo was stgglg to e out, queer theology has veloped sce the 1950s.