GAYS AND THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST: Not even the Puritans stayed prudes

[kweerwolf]

With faith-based conservatives on a seemingly endless roll, this hasn't been a fun season for the liberally inclined. The religious right styles itself a divinely installed power behind the throne. Fundamentalists are so convinced that the road to heaven runs through their church's door, and they issued such finely detailed specs for a Supreme Court nominee, that even President Bush was taken aback.

Yet while the era now seems as distant as Noah and the flood, a respect for human diversity and a sense that no creed has a monopoly on truth once were in the mainstream of American religious thought. Now, though, it virtually requires what the Bible calls "signs and wonders" to believe that the spirit of toleration might someday return.

So here is a sign--and, even more so, a wonder--for the progressive and perplexed to contemplate. Last week, the general synod of the United Church of Christ endorsed same-sex marriage.

The vote wasn't even close. Over three-quarters of delegates voted "aye" to a resolution making the 1.3 million-member group the first major Christian denomination to call for wedding policies "that do not discriminate against couples based on gender."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0507090224jul10,0,2561430.story?coll=chi-newsopinionperspective-hed

[damntexdem]

1. Yeah, but if a gay couple is married in the UCC, ...

and one is not faithful to the other, the offending gay will have to stand in the stocks and wear a scarlet 'A.'

[kweerwolf]

2. Wow! ... Bondage and being graded on it!

The U.C.C. is even more progressive than I thought!
:evilgrin:

[davidinalameda]

3. will they put Demi Moore in the movie version

again?

:puke:

[whitebear]

4. Damntex I fell out of my chair when i read your post

And I'm still trying to get back in it^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^5's:applause: