3 Other Christian Denomatns That Allow Gay Marriage | Time

Contents:

• EPISPALIANS VOTE TO ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE CHURCH
• WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
• EPISPAL CHURCH EXPANDS GAY MARRIAGE TO ALL DC WHERE BISHOPS OBJECT
• 3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
• THE EPISPAL CHURCH APPROV RELIG WEDDGS FOR GAY UPL AFTER NTROVERSIAL BATE
• EPISPAL CHURCH WON'T BACK DOWN ON GAY RIGHTS DPE CENSURE

EPISPALIANS VOTE TO ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE CHURCH

Unlike the Worldwi Anglin Communn, of which is a part, the Epispal Church do not nmn homosexualy. In 1976, both the Hoe of Deputi and Hoe of Bishops voted for a fully clive Epispal Church, statg, “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. However, the church had already nsecrated s first openly gay bishop 2003.

That changed last week when the church voted to force all Epispal church to allow gay and lbian upl to “marry” the church. The majory of the Amerin Epispal Church (93 dc) already allows gay marriage their church.

A prev versn of the rolutn would have ma gay marriage a ponent of official theology by the sertn of new lurgi the Book of Common Prayer. Bishop John Howard of Florida said his dce was still reelg om the 2003 nsecratn of openly gay Bishop Gene Robson, which led some clergy and lay members to break om the nomatn, acrdg to a report by RNS.

WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE

Supreme Court legalized gay marriage vote me Wednday Salt Lake Cy at the nomatn's natnal assembly. 9 ln members is known for electg the first openly gay Epispal bishop 2003. | Getty ImagThe four ndidat for bishop of an Epispal Church dce that recently garnered headl for refg to bls same-sex marriag have dited that they will allow the Epispal Dce of Albany has been whout a bishop sce the rignatn 2021 of William Love, who had issued an open letter 2020 refg to enforce a nomatnal le requirg all dc to allow for the blsg of gay marriag.

”Ward wrote that he believ the issue of gay marriage is “tly plited” and that he rpects all sis on the issue, addg that if elected bishop, “honorg theologil diversy would be a prry. ”“Seekg rolutn and a mutual path forward would volve a basic mment to rpectg the digny of every person, affordg genero pastoral attentn to every voice, and seekg Holy mon ground on nonilly sound footg, ” Ward July 2018, the Epispal Church General Conventn passed Rolutn B012, which required all dc to bls same-sex unns, removg earlier provisns that allowed several dc to prohib such measur, due to them beg nflict wh the biblil standard of B012 allowed clergy to refe to perform gay weddgs, required bishops who oppose them to let another bishop provi pastoral support for the same-sex uple and to provi a prit to perform the November 2018, Albany Bishop Love released an open letter statg that he refed to enforce the rolutn his dce. 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.

EPISPAL CHURCH EXPANDS GAY MARRIAGE TO ALL DC WHERE BISHOPS OBJECT

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

3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE

Members of the clergy n make the personal cisn to not wed gay or lbian upl—but they will have to tap another prit or bishop willg to perform the sacrament g genr-ntral lurgi. The Epispal Church's General Conventn, led by Bishop Michael Curry, passed a rolutn last Friday that expand the right for gay upl to marry all dc even where lol bishops theologilly object to same-sex s triennial nventn At, Texas, the Epispal Church's Hoe of Bishops and Hoe of Deputi voted to approve rolutn B012, allowg gay and lbian upl to be married by clergy eight dc that had prevly not allowed marriage r for same-sex the General Conventn had prevly voted 2015 to allow clergy to marry same-sex upl, also gave bishops who opposed gay marriage the right to forbid prits their dce om performg same-sex marriage ceremoni.

THE EPISPAL CHURCH APPROV RELIG WEDDGS FOR GAY UPL AFTER NTROVERSIAL BATE

Although the new rolutn still giv clergy the right to cle gay marriage ceremoni, bishops who oppose of same-sex marriage r will have to ll on another bishop who do not oppose to provi pastoral support for the uple and the clergy member that will be volved the move directly impacts dc Albany, New York; Central Florida; Dallas; Florida; North Dakota; Sprgfield, Illois; Tennsee and the U.

"Acrdg to the Dallas Morng News, Dallas Bishop Gee Sumner said the bate over expansn of gay marriage r was like a "fay argument" where the progrsiv tried to reach a promise that would make the tradnalists the dce more fortable.

EPISPAL CHURCH WON'T BACK DOWN ON GAY RIGHTS DPE CENSURE

William Love, the bishop of Albany, meanwhile, argued that the new rolutn uld possibly trigger a stark backlash siar to what the Epispal Church faced 2003 when began nsecratg openly gay bishops.

"I'm ncerned that when this pass, the floodgat are gog to open once aga, the bloodshed is gog to open once aga, the sid lawsus are gog to ntue once aga, " he said durg the bate on the rolutn, acrdg to Epispal Church was discipled 2016 by the global Anglin Communn after years of pro-gay cisns, cludg allowg clergy to perform same-sex marriag. 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. Epispalians voted Wednday to allow relig weddgs for gay upl, but not every prit will necsarily officiate at a same-sex rolutns adopted here at the nomatn’s General Conventn meetg Salt Lake Cy this week, the bishops have endorsed new lurgi or servic for same-sex upl wishg to marry church.

However, no clergy uld be pelled to perform a same-sex marriage, and a bishop had the thory to forbid his clergy om celebratg gay former bishop of Virgia, Peter Lee, explaed to the bishops Salt Lake Cy the acmodatn meant that a nservative prit a liberal dce would cur no penalty if he refed to perform a same-sex marriage.