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Switzerland: Same-Sex Marriages Blessed in All French-Speaking Protestant Churches
Evangelical Focus ^ | 11/15/22

Posted on 11/15/2022 6:43:11 PM PST by marshmallow

Same-sex couples wanting to get a blessing of their union by a mainline Protestant Church in French-speaking Switzerland will be able to do it in all churches.

The Reformed Church of the Canton Vaud (EERV), whose main city is Lausanne, voted in its synod on 4-5 November that it would join the other cantonal Protestant Churches of the Evangelical Reformed Church of Switzerland (the country’s historic Protestant state church) in offering a neutral "marriage blessing service".

The regional church voted to amend seven articles of its regulations to make sure that from now on all civil marriages would be blessed in its churches, including those formed by homosexuals. One of the arguments to move towards a more liberal theology was to advance in the line of the approval by the Swiss federal parliament of same-sex marriages including adoption of children in September 2021.

The synod discussed a “conscience clause” for ministers who would reject to bless LGBT marriages. In the case of on Church minister refusing to perform the ceremony, another minister would take over.

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TOPICS: Mainline Protestant; Ministry/Outreach; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: genderdysphoria; homosexualagenda; postandrun; switzerland

1 posted on 11/15/2022 6:43:11 PM PST by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

The Swiss could have at least maintained neutrality on the issue...


2 posted on 11/15/2022 6:46:46 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: marshmallow

Rapidly descending into hell…


3 posted on 11/15/2022 6:52:09 PM PST by dragonblustar (Romans 12:12)
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To: marshmallow

Churches in name only


4 posted on 11/15/2022 7:01:03 PM PST by xp38 (!)
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To: marshmallow

2042: Switzerland: Dog Weddings Blessed in All French-Speaking Protestant Churches


5 posted on 11/15/2022 7:01:16 PM PST by MountainWalker
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To: marshmallow

Now they’ll have gheys up the wazoo.


6 posted on 11/15/2022 7:05:20 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: dragonblustar

This could be the abomination of desolation just saying


7 posted on 11/15/2022 7:11:22 PM PST by kelly4c
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To: kelly4c

I think it will be something else but this is just the warm up show.


8 posted on 11/15/2022 7:17:44 PM PST by dragonblustar (Romans 12:12)
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To: marshmallow

Parlez vous humma humma?


9 posted on 11/15/2022 8:19:36 PM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: marshmallow

Calvin is spinning in his grave.


10 posted on 11/15/2022 9:01:41 PM PST by fwdude (Society has been fully polarized now, and you have to decide on which pole you want to be found.)
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To: fwdude

“Calvin is spinning in his grave.”

He is indeed. And lest any of my fellow Catholics ‘tsk, tsk’ over this, don’t. Because this is coming upon us soon. Very soon. And it’s coming from the inside with Bergoglio’s support, and it will take a miracle to stop this runaway train.


11 posted on 11/15/2022 9:25:19 PM PST by irishjuggler
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To: marshmallow

first, we were just supposed to “tolerate” the Sodomites, now they’re Running The Table.

lifestyle is an abomination


12 posted on 11/15/2022 10:27:59 PM PST by nevermorelenore ( If My people will pray ....)
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To: marshmallow

Sodomy isn’t just a sexual practice prohibited in the Bible. It is a religion.


13 posted on 11/16/2022 7:28:26 AM PST by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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