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Related: About this forumProgressive Evangelicals Launch Campaign To Expand Christian Support For Same-Sex Marriage
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/15/us-evangelicals-gay-marriage_n_5824174.htmlReligion News Service | By Sarah Pulliam Bailey
Posted: 09/15/2014 2:18 pm EDT Updated: 09/15/2014 3:59 pm EDT
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(RNS) As more states affirm same-sex marriage, U.S. evangelicals continue to wrestle with homosexuality, setting boundaries for whats acceptable and whats not, and setting the stage for a heated fall election season.
This week, things got hotter.
A new group called Evangelicals for Marriage Equality launched Tuesday (Sept. 9) and is collecting signatures from evangelicals who support same-sex marriage. Its advisory board includes author and speaker Brian McLaren, former National Association of Evangelicals vice president Richard Cizik, and former USAID faith adviser Chris LaTondresse. Cizik resigned from his NAE position over his support for same-sex civil unions.
Our organization is not taking a theological position on the issue of the sacrament of marriage, said spokesman Brandan Robertson. We just want evangelicals to see that it is possible to hold a plethora of beliefs about sexuality and marriage while affirming the rights of LGBTQ men and women to be civilly married under the law.
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Progressive Evangelicals Launch Campaign To Expand Christian Support For Same-Sex Marriage (Original Post)
cbayer
Sep 2014
OP
"Christianity Today", "Relevant" and "World Magazine" refused to run their ad.
AtheistCrusader
Sep 2014
#5
xfundy
(5,105 posts)1. Someone realized they have to change to survive.
The rest will eventually follow, issuing an apology in ~100 yrs, just as Southern Batshits eventually apologized for their support of slavery (1994).
cbayer
(146,218 posts)2. This change is good. I don't care what the
underlying motivation is.
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)3. All 3 of them.
Evangelicals remain the most conservative demographic on all issues.
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)4. How many signatures so far?
Article doesn't seem to say...
cbayer
(146,218 posts)6. How many do you think would be significant?
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)7. Well, I understand they just started
so that would factor into it, but generally speaking; as many as possible.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)8. I agree, and they are only days old.
They are getting some significant press, which is really great.
Here is a voting bloc that we might actually be able to sway into the democratic party.
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)5. "Christianity Today", "Relevant" and "World Magazine" refused to run their ad.