The Prbyterian Church (USA) officially regnized gay marriage this week.
Contents:
- WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
- 3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
- DO THE LUTHERAN CHURCH ACCEPT GAY PEOPLE?
WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
The Evangelil Lutheran Church Ameri, wh approximately 5 ln members, has passed repeated rolutns to wele gay and lbian people sce 1991. * do lutherans accept gays *
In 1991, the Churchwi Assembly passed a rolutn statg that, "Gay and lbian people, as dividuals created by God, are wele to participate fully the life of the ngregatns of the Evangelil Lutheran Church Ameri. 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.
3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
* do lutherans accept gays *
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.
DO THE LUTHERAN CHURCH ACCEPT GAY PEOPLE?
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. The Synod's Commissn on Theology and Church Relatns has prepared a report tled Human Sexualy: A Theologil Perspective that discs the issue of homosexualy on pag 32-36.
ANSWER: The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod believ the Bible teach homosexual behavr is ntrary to God's Word and will, and the LCMS seeks to mister to those who are stgglg wh homosexual clatns.