The Prbyterian Church (USA) officially regnized gay marriage this week.
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- 3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
- ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
- THE EPISPAL CHURCH APPROV RELIG WEDDGS FOR GAY UPL AFTER NTROVERSIAL BATE
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. Wednday's nfirmatory vote was due to take place at the 2020 nference but that was ncelled bee of the Covid-19 chang mean the Methodist Church now holds two parallel fns of marriage - one posn says "marriage n only be between a man and a woman" and the other that "marriage n be between any two people" officials hope the dual fn will persua nservative church not to leave and protect misters om discrimatn claims if they refe to marry gay Rev Sonia Hicks, print of the Methodist Conference, said: "The bate today and our wir nversatn has been nducted wh grace and mutual rpect. " It lled on Catholics "to wele wh rpect and sensivy persons wh homosexual clatns.
" The Vatin also said that s refal to give relig approval to same-sex marriage do not preclu givg blsgs to homosexual people. The Vatin's msage ced Francis' own words om 2016, when he wrote, "there are absolutely no grounds for nsirg homosexual unns to be any way siar or even remotely analogo to God's plan for marriage and fay.
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ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
Would J go to a gay pri para? Would J attend a gay marriage ceremony si a church?
Would J enter a gay bar? Y—J would go a gay bar, or for that matter, the lol Sunday champagne bnch, if the Matt and Alex ved him.
THE EPISPAL CHURCH APPROV RELIG WEDDGS FOR GAY UPL AFTER NTROVERSIAL BATE
It is a scere act of Christian hospaly to wele gays and lbians when they e to our church as well as engage them the plac they meet. Another example: Peter Ould, an Anglin pastor and blogger Canterbury, England, scrib himself as "postgay. Now a hband and father, Ould, wrg God, Gays, and the Church, says his mistry is to help church disver how "to rpond wh passn and re to those whose sexualy is broken....
"We have several people our church who practice a homosexual liftyle. • They watch their language and won't put up wh people monizg or homophobic slurs.
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. Epispalians followed su 2018, expandg the right of gay ngregants to get married all ngregatns. 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.