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In 1999 church president Gordon B. Hinckley publicly welcomed lesbian and gay people into LDS congregations, [131] [132] and in an interview affirmed them as "good people". [133] Church leaders have spoken out against "gay-bashing" and other physical or verbal assaults on those involved in homosexual relationships.
Below is a selection of welcome messages. A complete list, with most being slight variations of these, can be found at Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome templates. For cut-and-paste welcome messages, see Wikipedia:Standard user greeting. For more about the Welcoming Committee and how you can help, see Wikipedia:Welcoming committee.
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The United Church of Christ General Synod in 1985 passed a resolution entitled "Calling on United Church of Christ Congregations to Declare Themselves Open and Affirming" [168] saying that "the Fifteenth General Synod of the United Church of Christ encourages a policy of non-discrimination in employment, volunteer service and membership ...
In 2016, some Church of Ireland clergy signed a letter supporting the U.S. Episcopal Church and its open stance towards blessing same-sex couples. [221] In January 2016, the Church of Ireland Gazette, which is "editorially independent of the denomination", endorsed and supported a blessing rite for same-sex marriages in the church. [222]
A church service (or a worship service) is a formalized period of Christian communal worship, often held in a church building. Most Christian denominations hold church services on the Lord's Day (offering Sunday morning and Sunday evening services); a number of traditions have mid-week services, while some traditions worship on a Saturday.
The Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists is made up of Baptist churches, organizations, and individuals who welcome and affirm people regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, and advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender inclusion within Baptist faith communities. [11]
This has been a consistent part of Church of Satan policy since its inception in 1966. [383] In a 2004 essay supporting same-sex marriage: The Church of Satan is the first church to fully accept members regardless of sexual orientation and so we champion weddings/civil unions between adult partners whether they be of opposite or the same sex ...