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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was baptized and confirmed in the Church of England. I am now a member of an Episcopal Church. I am also gay and all this saddens me. So happy we found a Church here that welcomes us though. [/quote]

Every church welcomes sinners. What a weird comment.[/quote]

DP - welcome in the sense of full Inclusion with gay marriages and ordination of gays and respecting they are made in God’s image too - not some perversion of ideal humanity …[/quote]

God's design for marriage is a "perversion of ideal humanity"? Mmmkay.[/quote]

We are made in God’s image. Science shows homosexuality is largely genetic and not a trendy choice.

Love is love.

Proud to attend a church that honors gay marriage as equally sacred as straight marriage.

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Sexuality in general is in the image of God. It doesn't mean we can partake in extramarital sex. Gay marriage is not sacred, just like premarital sex is not. [/quote]

Your theological reasoning is shaky at best.

The Bible says that all are made in the image of God and that marriage is a sacred Union before God and community. Science shows that gay people are mostly born that way, so they are literally made in God’s image like the rest of us.

For people of Christian faith, Marriage is sacred when entered into as a sacrament of faith, love and commitment. Marriage is about obviously much more than sex. It provides legal protections to those who enter into committed loving relationships. Of course many marriages fail, but they are more likely to survive when recognized and supported by faith communities.

Marriage is extremely important in the long term to protect all the time and shared resources invested in the relationship. Just as important, if one spouse becomes sick marriage allow spouses access to see them in hospital and to help with medical decisions. There are many tragic stories of gays who were in life long relationships but unable to see their partners as they died and even after because they lived in places where gay marriage is not allowed and the families of the deceased are homophobic.

It is important to many of us to be part of faith communities that welcome and affirm Gay people.

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Wrong. There's a difference between legal marriage and a sacrament, and you're confusing the two. No worries, that's a pretty common mistake! [/quote]

Yes that is why both legal gay marriage and affirming churches are needed to support gay families both spiritually and legally. [/quote]

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