In an historic cisn on Friday, June 6, the Supreme Court stck down gay marriage bans across the Uned Stat. This is amazg news for gay people across the untry, whose right to get married was prevly geographilly hibed;…
Contents:
- 3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
- WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
- WHAT CHURCH CAN GAY COUPL GET MARRIED IN?
3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
The Prbyterian Church (USA) officially regnized gay marriage this week. * churches that approve 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.
WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
The Prbyterian Church ma a historic cisn Tuday night to formally regnize gay marriage and allow same-sex upl to marry. * churches that approve gay marriage *
) (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.
WHAT CHURCH CAN GAY COUPL GET MARRIED IN?
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.