Gay Marriage

[funkStrat_97]

well it finally happened

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/18/us/presbyterians-give-final-approval-for-same-sex-marriage.html

I'd bet that Rob Bell and Oprah are excited by this news.

.....just waiting for the Roman Catholic church to follow suit.  It seems that religions groups and organizations that oppose gay marriage will become the minority.

[phbrown]

.....just waiting for the Roman Catholic church to follow suit.  It seems that religions groups and organizations that oppose gay marriage will become the minority.

yep

[funkStrat_97]

34,000 Black Churches have Cut Ties with the Presbyterian Church USA After it changed the Definition of Marriage.

[gtrdave]

And from my great state of Delaware...

http://www.christianpost.com/news/pcusa-church-ordains-first-married-lesbian-couple-as-ministers-days-after-denominations-marriage-amendment-136111/

Both ladies were actually previously married to men, then got divorced and "came out". 

[Hasmonean1]

That which was abnormal is becoming the norm.  Who will be able to recognize the world that is to come?

[funkStrat_97]

That which was abnormal is becoming the norm.  Who will be able to recognize the world that is to come?

More like what was considered unacceptable is becoming accepted.  Remember way back when, some TV shows wouldn't show a married couple in the same bed together?  Sure, people knew that married couples (usually) slept in the same bed, but it wasn't acceptable for TV at the time.  For better or worse, it's yet another aspect of the evolution of society.

[SavnBass]

That which was abnormal is becoming the norm.  Who will be able to recognize the world that is to come?

Anyone who has been reading their bible.

[berbie]

The question is simple but very complicated.  It is very easy to under stand but hard to resolve.  How do you put gay marriage in a Christian Church, whose doctrine expressly(based on scripture)speaks against it, and religious freedom in the same bucket.  Is it possible?  Can you endorse something that is against your religious belief and then live with it? Is one to be forced to say that the Bible is wrong?  They're arguing that very same thing in the Arkansas Legislature right now,  with no clear solution in hand.  Gay rights is a no brainer.  Gay Christian marriage forced upon the church.  I guess I can't get ready for that.  But I think that I'd better learn how to.