Posted on 06/15/2017 8:05:07 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The number of gay couples marrying in Danish churches has increased on a yearly basis since the law was changed in 2012.
416 same-sex couples have exchanged vows in churches around the country since the law change, according to figures from Statistics Denmark.
During 2012, the first year in which same-sex weddings were allowed, 51 couples were married, compared with 105 in 2016. The total number of same-sex church weddings has increased every year since the law change came into effect. Lesbian couples form the largest proportion of the weddings, according to the report. […]
Bishop of Copenhagen Peter Skov-Jakobsen, who was at the forefront of the committee that developed the same-sex marriage ritual for the Danish church, told Ritzau that he was glad to see so many taking advantage of the new law. […]
The bishop added that only a minority of Danish priests continued to oppose same-sex church marriages. …
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The bishop added that only a minority of Danish priests continued to oppose same-sex church marriages. …
It’s one thing to allow homosexual “marriage” in civil law, but, they are observing that a majority of “Christian” clergymen now support homosexual marriage in church???
This is stunning news to me. Coming to America soon?????
Refers to the Lutheran state church.
Those must be really weird threesomes.
Which has nothing to do with the Lutheran church here. Unfortunately many Lutherans have deserted their faith and teaching but there remain some synods that hold to Biblical Truth
Francis will get the Catholic Church up to Lutheran par.
At least this minority will have a chance at Paradise on Judgement Day.
I would hate to be in the majority to today’s Danish priest on that glorious day.
Fake marriage, really. Not blessed by God.
Pope Leo XIII warned about the involvement of the civil authorities in marriage 130+ years ago. Civil law changes based on whatever judges, pols, or the voting majority thinks it should be at any one time. Most have now been conditioned to believe civil law and the state define marriage.
Freegards
Europe is in its dying days.
Good point; civil authorities have made marriage extremely undesirable for young men nowadays...
Hence, MGTOW.
Depends which Lutheran Church you are referring to. The Lutheran denomination that holds to the apostolic faith is the Lutheran–Missouri Synod (LCMS.org). The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has gone off the rails. Every synod meeting sounds like the Democrat/Progressive social justice platform. Here is an article concerning a recent "Naked and Unashamed movement" being circulated in hopes of approval by ELCA, which hopes to have all forms of sexual behaviors at any age and in any combination declared "Christian":
Life long LCMS. My son is a LCMS pastor.
That’s doubly awesome!
That’s doubly awesome!
I am blessed
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