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2. Metropolitan Community Church - Wikipedia

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   The MCC supports same-sex marriage, and has performed the first church-based weddings for same-sex couples in the United Kingdom. [14] MCC's founder, Troy Perry, performed the first public same-sex marriage in the United States in Huntington Park, California, in 1969. In 1970, he filed the first lawsuit in the U.S. seeking legal recognition for ...

3. List of Christian denominational positions on homosexuality

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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 ...

4. List of Christian denominations affirming LGBTQ people

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   Church in Wales [198] [199] (A majority supports same-sex marriage; the church said LGBT people can be “honest and open, respected and affirmed”. The church also permits gay priests to enter into civil partnerships. [200] The church voted to explore approving same-sex marriages and blessings for civil partnerships.) [201]

5. Episcopalians vote to allow gay marriage in churches - AOL

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   SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Episcopalians voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to allow religious weddings for same-sex couples, solidifying the church's embrace of gay rights that began more than a decade ...

6. United Methodist delegates repeal their church’s ban on its ...

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   CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — `United Methodist delegates on Friday repealed their church’s longstanding ban on the celebrations of same-sex marriages or unions by its clergy and in its churches. The ...

7. Mormon Church comes out in support of same-sex marriage law - AOL

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   The church’s public stance is a stark contrast from 14 years ago, when its members were among the largest campaign contributors in support of California’s Prop. 8, which defined marriage as ...

8. Same-sex marriage in California - Wikipedia

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   Same-sex marriage has been legal in California since June 28, 2013. The State of California first issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples from June 16, 2008 to November 5, 2008, a period of approximately 4 months, 2 weeks and 6 days, as a result of the Supreme Court of California finding in the case of In re Marriage Cases that barring same-sex couples from marriage violated the ...

9. The Catholic Church’s Blessing of Same-Sex Couples, Explained

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   The Vatican’s newly released document addressing the blessing of same-sex couples doesn’t pave the way for gay weddings at churches or with Catholic priests as officiants.