Should Christians Attend Gay Weddgs? - Blog - Eternal Perspective Mistri

Contents:

• 3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
• GAY WEDDGS CHURCH
• CLERGY WON'T BE FORCED TO PERFORM GAY WEDDGS IF UMC CHANG S STANCE, PASTORS PANEL SAYS
• WOULD YOU ATTEND A GAY WEDDG?
• SHOULD A CHRISTIAN ATTEND THE WEDDG OF A GAY UPLE?
• CHRISTIAN GAY UPLE FALLY GET CHURCH WEDDG AFTER BEG 'TURNED DOWN BY 31 PLAC'
• NEW CEREMONI FOR GAY UNNS

3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW 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. Inclive church are beg more mon now but where n you host a gay weddg church? History of Gay Marriage the the 26th of June 2005 the U.

GAY WEDDGS CHURCH

It is important to remember that the first official lawsus requtg regnn of same-sex relatnships started as early as the the early 1950’s ONE magaze published a ver on homosexual marriage which post officials taed whilst they worked to tablish whether was too obscene for the was a long fight for equaly that still rag on many cultur and religns today.

In Yemen for example there is still laws agast homosexualy that rult imprisonment or even Church n Gay People get Married ? AnglinIn June 2003 the Anglins appoted their first openly gay bishop which ed a crisis the muny. The Associatn of Welg and Affirmg Bapts are mted to advotg for the full cln of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people wh the church.

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

Gay weddgs fully weled here. CatholicThe Amerin Natnal Catholic Church allows women and gay dividuals to receive holy orrs and they regnise same-sex marriage. Unlike the Roman Catholic nomatns they are fully clive and perform gay marriag.

LutheranIn Augt 2009, the Evangelil Lutheran Church voted to let ngregatns ll and orda gays and lbians meed monogamo relatnships to be people of the clergy. Blsgs of same-sex marriag have been allowed sce 2009 but was only 2015 when same-sex marriage was legalized did the pridg bishop allowg each ngregatn to choose to eher marry or not marry gay upl. MethodistAcrdg to a survey by Pew Rearch, the majory of Uned Methodist church the US supports the cln of gay people.

60% advote for homosexualy to be accepted by society whilst only 40% support same-sex marriage. They do not believe that is a s to be homosexual, bisexual or Apostolic Pentestals have been active sce 1980 when they first began to anize separately om the male church for the purpose of clivy.

WOULD YOU ATTEND A GAY WEDDG?

They have been adamant agast homosexualy wh their relign, gog as far as label a ‘sickns’ and a ‘s’ 2021, they fally allowed ngregatns to make their own polic on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex marriage wh church eply rooted eher Importance of RelignSoclogil studi over the years have shown that when the dividuals enterg the marriage value relign that they enjoy greater stabily and higher levels of satisfactn.

| 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.

SHOULD A CHRISTIAN ATTEND THE WEDDG OF A GAY UPLE?

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). First, a word of enuragement: if you are the kd of iend that a gay uple would ve to their weddg, then you are probably dog somethg right. Homosexualy is jt one of many ss listed 1 Corthians 6:9-10 that will keep a person om the kgdom of God.

Some would ntend that a Christian should have no qualms about attendg a gay weddg and that one’s prence at a gay weddg do not necsarily dite support for the homosexual liftyle. The problem is that a gay weddg is a celebratn of two people who are livg a liftyle that God clar to be immoral and unnatural (Romans 1:26-27).

CHRISTIAN GAY UPLE FALLY GET CHURCH WEDDG AFTER BEG 'TURNED DOWN BY 31 PLAC'

“Marriage should be honored by all” (Hebrews 13:4), but a gay weddg dishonors marriage by pervertg s meang. Unlike weddgs of those other fahs, a gay weddg do not qualify as a marriage, acrdg to what God clar marriage to be. A gay unn is not a marriage God’s ey.

Suppose a Christian uld attend a gay weddg and somehow munite clearly that he is supportg only the dividuals gettg married and not their liftyle.

There is no way around the fact that a gay weddg ceremony is a celebratn of s. In the same way, we support a homosexual iend by helpg him out of the liftyle, not by signg a gut book at a celebratn of homosexualy. It is good to seek opportuni to wns to and show kdns and love to our gay iends.

NEW CEREMONI FOR GAY UNNS

However, such motivatns are misguid when to attendg a gay weddg. If ved to a gay weddg, is our nvictn that a believer J Christ should rpectfully cle. A gay weddg is not an issue the Bible explicly addrs.

There fely is no “you shall” or “you shall not” God’s Word regardg attendg a gay weddg. Based on the reasons and prcipl listed above, we nnot envisn a scenar which attendg a gay weddg would be the right thg to do. Should a Christian attend the weddg of a gay uple?

(SWNS) (Ellie Stewart / SWNS)A gay uple who claim they were turned down 31 tim for a church weddg have fally Yerrell, 39, and David Sparrey, 30, tied the knot Wanstead, East London, last month after stgglg to fd a church that would marry pair had ially planned to wa to marry but a fay health issue prompted them to ph spe both beg Christian and always wantg a church weddg, they say they were knocked back 31 tim by var plac before fally somewhere that would agree to marry happy uple had planned to wa to marry but, after a fay health issue, cid to go ahead wh the ceremony. "Gay people jt don't thk is possible, but if you are a same-sex uple and you want to get married a church jt don't give up. "But I thk they uld fd a way of terpretg that for themselv and makg possible, after all, love is love no matter whether you're gay or straight.