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发帖数: 2153 | 1 The progressive Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh, North Carolina,
has said it will not be holding marriages for anyone until the state
legalises same-sex unions.
The Raleigh Observer reports that the congregation voted in favour of the
move on Sunday.
They agreed blessings for relationships will still be held, but no official
weddings will take place.
The congregants said North Carolina is discriminating against its gay
couples “by denying them the rights and privileges enjoyed by heterosexual
married couples.”
The church’ statement said: “As people of faith, affirming the Christian
teaching that before God all people are equal, we will no longer participate
in this discrimination.”
In September, North Carolina’s House of Representatives approved plans for
a voter referendum on a gay marriage ban.
Although the state does not recognise gay marriage, the move would enact a
constitutional ban on the practice, which would prevent the courts from
ruling for marriage equality.
This month, a Democrat sitting in the state’s House of Representatives
defended her statement that there was a “special place in hell” for the
Republicans who approved the referendum.
The Pullen Memorial Baptist Church has taken action against perceived social
injustices since the 1950s. First opposing racial segregation and welcoming
black people into the congregation, it later spoke out against the Vietnam
War.
The church was critical of the nuclear arms race and the more recent
invasion of Iraq.
In 1992 it officially endorsed full involvement of its gay followers.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/11/22/north-carolina-church-no-m |
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