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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is driven almost entirely by mainline Protestant churches — not evangelical or RCC churches.

My view is that this is primarily a cynical attempt by these churches to try to increase membership — look at us, we are gay friendly, you should join our church.  As you said, they aren’t putting flags or special advertisements for any other group of people.

And yet what has happened?  These churches continue to bleed members and are a shell of their former selves.   They are only going to continue to decrease in members, and eventually those old buildings will close too because they are expensive to maintain.   Moreover, [b]if you go to most mainline Protestants, you hear VERY little about Jesus, the cross, justification by faith, etc.[/b]  You do hear a lot of progressive politics, etc.  
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The bolded is not in line with my experience at all, as Presbyterian USA. 
But more relevantly, there are dozens of different Protestant denominations with different beliefs,  e.g., denominations that as a matter of doctrine are not overly concerned with the cross. These differences have deep historical and theological roots. You're entitled to think their beliefs are incorrect, but to suggest they arise from a desire to attract membership in the 21st century is pretty ignorant. [/quote]

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