Many Brons have changed their mds on gay marriage

Contents:

• MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
• METHODIST MISTER FACG DISCIPLE AFTER OFFICIATG AT GAY WEDDG
• UNED METHODIST CHURCH ANNOUNC PROPOSAL TO SPL OVER GAY MARRIAGE
• LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
• 'NUDGE OM J' CHANG MISTER'S GAY MARRIAGE VIEWS
• FIVE EVANGELIL PASTORS WHO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
• 6 THGS PASTORS SHOULD PREACH ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE
• ULC MISTERS CAN PERFORM GAY WEDDGS
• DEOCKG OF MISTER WINS SPL OVER GAYS
• 50 MISTERS BLS GAY MARRIAGE OF BILL GATEWOOD AND RICK TAYLOR, SHOWG SOLIDARY WH REV. FRANK SCHAEFER

MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

She had officiated a weddg between two women and she herself was a lbian relatnship — or the church's language, was a "self-avowed, practicg homosexual. " The Uned Methodist Church adopted stricter anti-gay polici The Uned Methodist Church is potentially the most nservative of male Prottant nomatns the U. "That puts pretty strong nstrats on what progrsiv n do, even though they’re arguably the majory of the nomatn, " Whe a child, DeLong was raised the Uned Church of Christ, a male Prottant nomatn wh signifintly more relaxed views on the LGBTQ muny, cludg permtg lbian, gay and transgenr clergy.

Lears add the first anti-gay language to the teachgs of the church at s 1972 general nference Atlanta, Ga., wrg, "We do not ndone the practice of homosexualy and nsir patible wh Christian teachg, " and, "We do not remend marriage between two persons of the same sex. The 13-member jury of Wisns Methodist misters found her guilty of officiatg the weddg but not of the send charge of beg a "practicg homosexual, " havg no evince that she and her partner had a physil relatnship.

METHODIST MISTER FACG DISCIPLE AFTER OFFICIATG AT GAY WEDDG

At the UMC's next general nference 2012, they shut the nference down and were able to ph off a discsn of more anti-gay, anti-transgenr language. "We lament the harm experienced by our siblgs who intify as LGBTQ at the hands of the church, " the statement says, also cg a portn of their 2016 Book of Disciple, which stat that fai and church should not reject or nmn lbian and gay said he has "mted the Wisns Conference of the Uned Methodist Church to the crease of radil cln and racial jtice s life together.

UNED METHODIST CHURCH ANNOUNC PROPOSAL TO SPL OVER GAY MARRIAGE

Acrdg to the Texas judicial missn’s 2019 warng, Hensley referred gay upl who wanted her to pri over their marriage ceremony to other people who would officiate.

As of 2020, the most recent year for which there is data, more than 42, 000 gay upl England and Wal had tied the knot.

Gordon Brown, Mr Cameron’s precsor, opposed gay marriage office bee was “timately bound up wh qutns of relig eedom”.

LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE

But has led to a of eccliastil disrd as liberal members of the church argue for the right to perform or partake gay marriag. A group of mps led by Ben Bradshaw, a gay Anglin, is lookg at ways to amend the legislatn to allow willg prits and parish to take part, which they argue uld also help boost dwdlg numbers the aisl. Two plats were filed agast him wh the Virgia Conference of the Uned Methodist Church, referencg the fact that homosexual unns are prohibed Methodist doctre.

'NUDGE OM J' CHANG MISTER'S GAY MARRIAGE VIEWS

Garber had received disciplary actn (spensn whout pay for a month) 2014 after performg a gay marriage ceremony.

Both plats refer to the Methodist lebook, the Book of Disciple, which forbids LGBTQ weddgs and the appotment of “self-avowed practicg homosexuals” as clergy, DCist reports. That special missn nclud wh 53 percent of church lears and lay people votg to tighten language on s same-sex marriage ban at a general nference last Febary, a measure sayg “the practice of homosexualy is patible wh Christian teachg.

FIVE EVANGELIL PASTORS WHO BACK GAY MARRIAGE

Pope Francis has drawn acclaim for sayg “Who am I to judge gay people?, ” but the Catholic Church has shown no sign of changg s strict anti-LGBTQ doctre. Siarly, the Southern Baptist Conventn, the largt Prottant nomatn the US, ntu to margalize LGBTQ ngregants, wh msag that have bee culture-war talkg pots agast queer rights — like homosexualy is not a “valid alternative liftyle” and “genr inty is termed by blogil sex and not by one’s self-perceptn.

6 THGS PASTORS SHOULD PREACH ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE

S., 60% of Uned Methodist members say homosexualy should be accepted, acrdg to a 2014 survey by the Pew Rearch Center. " He says the plan don't acknowledge the historil legacy of homophobia the church, though he poted to the plan's allotment of $39 ln over four years to "support muni historilly margalized by the s of racism" as a step toward such an acknowledgement. Peterson, a retired Prbyterian mister and award-wng thor, recently exprsed his support of same-sex marriage, proclaimg the bate ncerng gays and lbians the Christian church “might be over.

ULC MISTERS CAN PERFORM GAY WEDDGS

”"I wouldn’t have said this 20 years ago, but now I know a lot of people who are gay and lbian, and they seem to have as good a spirual life as I do, ” Peterson said an terview wh Relign News Service.

DEOCKG OF MISTER WINS SPL OVER GAYS

“He says that he’s known some nice gay people, therefore he now disrds the moral nsens of the entire 2, 000-year history of the Christian church, ” wrote Denny Burk, profsor of Biblil Studi at Boyce College, on his personal blog.

-Christians Debate, ” who is also gay, dismissed cricism agast Peterson as failg to regnize an terpretatn of the Bible wh LGBTQ people md.

Latvia swore the first openly gay print of a Baltic natn Rkēvičs, who sce 2011 was the untry’s foreign mister, was elected by Parliament May after Print Egils Levs did not seek re-electn. ”Rkēvičs “proudly” announced he is gay on Twter November 2014, though the untry, a former Soviet republic, is not pecially LGBTQ-clive. She is thought to be the first openly gay prime mister the was an active unnist her nearly 10 years workg as a flight attendant, acrdg to the Council of Women World Lears, a work of female heads of state.

50 MISTERS BLS GAY MARRIAGE OF BILL GATEWOOD AND RICK TAYLOR, SHOWG SOLIDARY WH REV. FRANK SCHAEFER

After the accatn, he said, he was chased down the street by reporters, one of whom yelled, “Yet they say you’re a homosexual! ”Xavier Bettel Prime Mister of Luxembourg (2013-prent)Luxembourg Prime Mister Xavier Bettel at a news nference Belgra, Serbia, on July Vojovic / APBettel was first elected prime mister of Luxembourg 2013, and 2018 he beme the first openly gay prime mister the world to be re-elected for a send marriage beme legal Luxembourg 2015, and the same year Bettel beme the first servg European Unn lear to marry a same-sex partner, the BBC recently cricized a Hungarian law that bans school tnal materials and TV shows for people unr 18 that are emed to promote LGBTQ ntent, Rters reported. “To be natnally blamed, to be nsired as not normal, to be nsired as a danger for young people — ’s not realizg that beg gay is not a choice, ” Bettel said, acrdg to Rters.

“Hopefully this will blow over three or four days, and then I won’t be known as the gay mister, ” she told The Associated Prs at the Varadkar Prime Mister of Ireland (2017-20, 2022-prent)Irish Prime Mister Leo Varadkar Bssels on June 30. Ludovic Mar / AFP - Getty Imag fileVaradkar beme Ireland’s first openly gay Taoiseach, or prime mister, 2017 and served until 2020. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda/File Photo Acquire Licensg RightsLIMA, July 21 (Rters) - A Pevian high urt has orred same-sex unns to be legally registered public rerds, markg a victory for the LGBTQ muny a untry that has been reluctant to regnize gay lg, published on Friday, followed a se brought by a gay Pevian cizen who sued the registratn office for refg to rerd her 2019 marriage overseas, sayg her nstutnal rights were vlated.