From Tennessee-Southern Baptists are taking up the issue of same-sex marriage twice in one year, with the denomination's top policy official calling it the No. 1 topic pastors are asking about.
Homosexual behavior is still a sin, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission President Russell Moore says, and same-sex marriage biblically forbidden. But pastors need guidance as they face more questions from the community and from gay and lesbian church members who may have kept quiet before.
At the same time, the nation's second-largest Protestant denomination, the United Methodist Church, is embroiled in a debate over the same issue. After widespread religious media coverage last month of a letter from 80 UMC pastors predicting a church schism over same-sex marriage, the denomination released a poll showing only 11 percent of Methodists surveyed believe it's the church's "most important" issue, and more than 90 percent don't want a split over it.
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http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/religion/2014/06/10/one-issue-two-church-tacks-sex-marriage/10267173/
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