Posted on 07/02/2015 10:29:47 AM PDT by dware
SALT LAKE CITY (CBS/AP) The Episcopal Church has completed its embrace of gay rights, changing church law to allow same-sex religious marriages throughout the denomination, just days after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide.
The new policy won overwhelming approval from the top Episcopal legislative body Wednesday, following decades of debate and conflict. It came 12 years after the denomination blazed a trail by electing the first openly gay bishop.
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Well, looks like the L side prevailed. Whew.
I’ve got to tell you, I can’t believe what I’m seeing in this nation. It so clearly fits what churches have seen as ‘end times’, that I think most of us folks who know we should be there in our hearts, should return to church.
When push comes to shove, we should be there to defend them.
I talked to the minister of our little Baptist church about the direction of things the other day. He’s opposed to marrying gays but feels that it will be unintentionally good for Christianity in the sense that it will separate the men from the boys. (No pun intended)
Its a very small church so the tax exemption doesn’t really mean much but I told him that I would be happy to donate a few bucks per year to help out even though I’m not a member.
Every liberal faith group that accepted it only started having ceremonies for their gay members after the state they happen to be in accepted it first, to my understanding. I suppose these guys are a little different, they waited until the feds gave them permission to change their theology.
Shows you how much they really care about their gay members. It was so vital they waited until 2015.
Freegards
I guess they are hoping to get the 1% of the population that is homosexual and the less than that who want to get married will joing their now “formerly Christian” church.
That bunch has really gone downhill, starting with the days of Pastor Vicky.
Looks like the face of evil to me....snickering and lying in it’s filth....
A cancer is spreading quickly in America. Evil reigns and barbarians rule.
God vows to turn such societies over to debauchery if they will not repent,....which is certainly happening... and He warns that such societies will, in time, face judgment and the “wrath of God.”...(Romans 1:18-32)
Tides rolling very fast now in these days....
Looks like He's worked His way down to the churches on His list!
That first redefinition of marriage didn’t work out to well for Anne Boylyn.
Once more to the breech,
Dear friends, I beseech!
The Episcopal Bishop harangued.
For heaven awaits,
Who opens hell’s gates,
And all Biblical scruples be hanged!
I don’t see it affecting their membership. The Boy Scouts were not impacted that much by their perfidy.
You left, but their “faithful” will remain.
"..For that day will not come until there is a great rebellion against God and the man of lawlessness is revealed--the one who brings destruction." (2 Thessalonians 2:3 )
Uh, yeah. We have the war on God (global), the persecution of the holy (global), and we have - without a doubt - a man ( a world leader) of destruction (who has set the entire world on fire).
Think I'm sticking with the Independent Baptists, but I do appreciate the invite! :)
“Ive got to tell you, I cant believe what Im seeing in this nation”
Well, why SHOULD you ?
You have a lot of company.
Yep. That’s true.
“Its a very small church so the tax exemption doesnt really mean much but I told him that I would be happy to donate a few bucks per year to help out even though Im not a member.”
Good on ya!
My church has 60 members.
It’s time for White’s to become active and counter this B.S.
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