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On Marriage: In 2014, the Presbyterian Church (USA) voted to change its definition of marriage, allowing its pastors to officiate same-sex marriages wherever gay marriage is legal. In addition, by a vote of 429–175, leaders of the 1.76 million-member Church voted during the biennial General Assembly in Detroit to change the denomination's ...
Church of South India [31] [32] NOTE: The CSI opened ordination to transgender persons, has ministries specifically for transgender rights and some clergy support gay rights. The CSI is among the Anglican churches that "are open to changing Church doctrine on marriage in order to allow for same-sex unions" according to the BBC. [33]
When asked to respond to the Scottish Government's consultation on same-sex marriage, the Church's Legal Questions Committee submitted a response which upheld a biblical and traditional understanding of marriage as a voluntary lifelong union between one man and one woman (December 2011). After this, the Church's first openly gay minister, Revd.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ... does not change church doctrine on marriage, homosexuality, or blessings themselves. ... any sort of blessing for gay couples is unprecedented in ...
The Vatican’s declaration comes as the Catholic Church is attempting to carefully navigate the issue of same-sex marriage, which became legalized nationwide after a 2015 Supreme Court decision ...
The vast majority of Baptist denominations around the world hold a conservative view on homosexuality, [5] like those gathered in the Baptist World Alliance. [6] They only support sexuality in marriage between a man and a woman, but show sympathy and respect towards LGBT people. [7]
Bishops in favour of gay marriage have praised the Church of England’s decision to allow the blessing of same-sex partnerships even though clergy will remain banned from marrying same-sex couples.
In 2015, the Archbishop of Hobart, Julian Porteous, with the support of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference distributed a booklet to 12,000 families with children in Catholic schools across Tasmania entitled "Don't Mess With Marriage", describing relationships between gay couples as "pretended marriage".