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What Religions Allow Homosexuality. Mainline denominations range from being divided over sexuality eg United Methodists to be affirming eg United Church of Christ. Some churches offer support to homosexuals in leading a chaste life while others readily accept openly homosexual people in positions of authority. The lwa or loa spirits Erzulie Dantor and Erzulie Freda are often associated with and viewed as. Recent history of many nations repealing or overturning those laws and a few nations newly adopting them.
Among religious groups 71 of white mainline Protestants and 68 of Catholics say homosexuality cannot be changed. Majorities of black Protestants 56 and white evangelical Protestants 55 say a gay persons sexual orientation can be changed. The religious groups that allow same-sex marriage meanwhile include the Conservative Jewish Movement the Episcopal Church the Presbyterian Church USA the Reform Jewish Movement the Society of Friends the United Church of Christ and the Unitarian Universalist Association of Churches. Reform Judaism allows gay and lesbian rabbis. For example a strong majority of lay Catholics support antidiscrimination laws and even same-sex marriage or civil unions. A comparison of this blogs list with the similar list compiled by ILGA the International Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans and Intersex Association.
Even some of the most progressive religions such as Bahai condemn homosexuality as I learned from a question on here.
Reform Judaism allows gay and lesbian rabbis. The commandment To love thy neighbor AS THYSELF and the Golden rule are not suggestions written in the bible but they are the LAW the. Religious institutions have remained firmly against allowing same-sex marriage including the Roman Catholic Church the Orthodox Jewish movement and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as well as the Southern Baptist Convention and other evangelical Protestant denominations. It also has same sex marriage liturgies. Some examples of religious organizations voicing their support for same-sex marriage include Metropolitan Community Church the United Church of Christ the United Church of Canada the Christian Church Disciples of Christ the Episcopal Church of the United States the Anglican Church of Canada the Evangelical Lutheran Church In Americathe Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada the Church of Denmark the Church of Sweden the Church of Norway the Protestant Church in the. There are also now openly gay Judeo-Christian religious figures.