Progressive Evangelicals Launch Campaign To Expand Christian Support For Same-Sex Marriage

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/15/us-evangelicals-gay-marriage_n_5824174.html

Religion 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 what’s acceptable and what’s 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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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]

2. This change is good. I don't care what the

underlying motivation is.

[Warren Stupidity]

3. All 3 of them.

Evangelicals remain the most conservative demographic on all issues.

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4. How many signatures so far?

Article doesn't seem to say...

[cbayer]

6. How many do you think would be significant?

[AtheistCrusader]

7. Well, I understand they just started

so that would factor into it, but generally speaking; as many as possible.

[cbayer]

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]

5. "Christianity Today", "Relevant" and "World Magazine" refused to run their ad.