Lutheran Ping!
Glory to the Holy Trinity!
Posted on 06/07/2012 3:03:53 PM PDT by markomalley
The country's parliament voted through the new law on same-sex marriage by a large majority, making it mandatory for all churches to conduct gay marriages.
Denmark's church minister, Manu Sareen, called the vote "historic".
"I think it's very important to give all members of the church the possibility to get married. Today, it's only heterosexual couples."
Under the law, individual [Lutheran] priests can refuse to carry out the ceremony, but the local [Lutheran] bishop must arrange a replacement for their church.
The far-Right Danish People's Party mounted a strong campaign against the new law, which nonetheless passed with the support of 85 of the country's 111 MPs.
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Karsten Nissen, the [Lutheran] Bishop of Viborg, who is refusing to carry out the ceremonies, has warned that the new law risks "splitting the church".
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Glory to the Holy Trinity!
“This is precisely why Separation of Church and State is a very good thing.”
Churches in the U.S.A. will lose their tax-exempt status for refusal to accomodate the wreckers of humane civilization.
If there's still enough of a confessing church to be split from the apostates, that's good news.
“Max, which church is that?”
Not even close to those u mentioned. Just your standard Catholic church right in the middle of Hollywood.
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