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

Contents:

• WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
• 3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
• WHERE SHOULD WE, AS CHRISTIANS, STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE?
• GAY MARRIAGE: THEOLOGIL AND MORAL ARGUMENTS
• CHRISTIAN NATN SERI: A CHRISTIAN SE FOR GAY MARRIAGE
• WILL CHURCH BE FORCED TO CONDUCT GAY WEDDGS?
• MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

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.

3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE

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.

WHERE SHOULD WE, AS CHRISTIANS, STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE?

A siar share (63%) say there is “no nflict” between their relig beliefs and homosexualy. 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.

A Christian n e at the issue of gay marriage om several different directns. To a person—Christian or not—who is an tegral, lovg part of the world, gay marriage almost mak sense. This is the dilemma for some Christians regardg gay marriage: do we agree wh what God says or follow the wisdom of the world?

GAY MARRIAGE: THEOLOGIL AND MORAL ARGUMENTS

The passage relat to the issue of gay marriage on two levels. The wisdom and logic of the world may very well dite that gay marriage is a basic right.

But no one who is learned the Bible n hontly say that the Bible supports homosexual relatnships. The passage also shows how gay marriage relat to the cross. Many Christians, particularly those who are theologilly and/or polilly nservative, are not encumbered wh sympathetic feelgs regardg homosexual behavr.

Gay marriage has been accepted by many untri, and that acceptance is likely to spread.

CHRISTIAN NATN SERI: A CHRISTIAN SE FOR GAY MARRIAGE

The agenda to normalize homosexualy by legally regnizg same-sex marriage is well on s way. Homosexualy is a rult of the rejectn of God (Romans 1:21-25). Gay marriage is the stutnalizatn of the rejectn of God.

WILL CHURCH BE FORCED TO CONDUCT GAY WEDDGS?

Perhaps gay marriage do herald the end of the world, but that's what we've been lookg forward to, anyway (Revelatn 22:20). Pray for those ught homosexualy. The Bible teach how Christians should rpond to gay marriage.

Is homosexualy a s?

MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

Patrick's Semary, offered the remarks as part of a panel on Gay Marriage held Jan. Social nservativ are not only ncerned about marriage, but also the rise of a gay and lbian culture.

Statistics suggt, however, that gays and lbians are not creasg number, if we accept the bt rearch data of Edward Lmann, who puts the number at about 5% of the populatn1. What has grown is a much greater acceptance of gays and lbians our culture, as well as the social and enomic eedom for gays and lbians to emerge om the closet that has nfed them for so many generatns.