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Old 12-04-2003, 05:29 PM
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Wide religious views on homosexuality

AXEAM, here are some links to sites that discuss views of homosexuality and gay unions in various faiths:

This page discusses Reform Judaism, the largest Jewish sect in America. (This is my religion, so it's the one I know the most about.) Rabbis are encouraged and permitted to solemnize gay unions. As in all other matters of faith within Judaism, individual rabbis are free to follow their consciences on the question:

http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_jref.htm

Society of Friends, or Quaker, churches are self-governing; the congregation tries to come to a spiritual consensus. Some congregations do not condone homosexuality; others welcome gay members and formalize gay unions:

http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_quak.htm

Unitarian Universalists have approved of gay clergy and gay unions for many years; they were the first mainstream religion to do so:

http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_uua.htm

The United Church of Canada, Canada's second largest church, is a coalition of Presbyterian, Methodist, Congregationalist, and other Protestant churches. It performs gay commitment ceremonies:

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclop...urch-of-Canada

The United Church of Christ (also known as Congregationalist), a protestant denomination, blesses gay unions:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0801/p01s01-ussc.html

So may ministers within the Presbyterian Church:

http://www.tamfs.org/new/gaPJCdecision000524.asp

Like Christian sects, Buddhist groups vary widely, but most temples in America support consensual sexual relationships (my sister is a Buddhist; I have learned a little about this from her):

http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_budd.htm

This page discusses Native American and Pagan religious approval of homosexuality:

http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_chur3.htm
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