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United Church of Christ to Consider MAJOR Policy Changes at upcoming Biennial Meeting

AgapePress - Ap 25/05 - The United Church of Christ (UCC), a 1.3 million-member denomination 
known for its progressive stances on social issues, will for the first 
time be considering opposite resolutions on same-sex marriage at its 
upcoming biennial meeting in Georgia. If a proposed resolution from the 
UCC's Southern California - Nevada Conference is approved this summer, 
the church could become the first mainline Christian denomination to 
endorse full marriage equality without regard to gender. 

This 
controversial measure marks the first time the UCC's General Synod has been asked 
to address the issue of marriage equality outright. The opening line of 
the proposed resolution states: "Ideas about marriage have shifted and 
changed dramatically throughout human history, and such change 
continues even today." The proposal goes on to delineate historical, 
theological and biblical reasons to affirm both civil and religious recognition 
of same-gender marriage as equal. 

Meanwhile, eight  geographically-diverse congregations have come together to put forth a counter resolution 
calling upon the church "to embrace the scriptural definition of 
marriage." That measure states: "Throughout the scriptures, marriage is always 
defined as being between one man and one woman. We find examples of 
those who violated God's natural moral order to their own detriment, but 
God's standard and definition remained constant." The UCC's biennial 
General Synod, expected to include about 3,000 delegates and visitors, 
will meet July 1-5 at the Georgia World Congress Center in downtown 
Atlanta.

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