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This week we’re going to be talking about the largest Mennonite denomination in the country voting to approve same-sex marriage. Of course, many denominations have been doing this over the last few years; but there are a couple of significant points in this story that I want us to discuss here today.
STORY – USA Mennonites Vote to Approve Same-Sex Marriage
“The largest Mennonite denomination in the country says it will now permit pastors to officiate same-sex weddings.
“Delegates of Mennonite Church USA met last month at a conference in Kansas City, Missouri to vote on two measures.
“The first vote was to retire the 20-year-old Membership Guidelines that described ‘homosexual, extramarital and premarital sexual activity’ as immoral and sinful. That vote passed 404-84 with three abstentions, according to MC USA.
“The second vote approved a ‘Repentance and Transformation’ resolution that highlights the supposed harm caused by previous policies as violence. That measure received a vote of 267 in favor, 212 against, and nine abstentions.
“‘Excluding LGBTQIA people from the church is a rejection of God’s joyous delight in the diversity of creation and a denial of the Divine image and breath animating all humankind,’ the resolution reads.” (CBN News)
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