Pew’s rundown on religion and gay marriage
| Name |
Support Gay Marriage?
|
Notes |
|---|---|---|
| American Baptist Churches |
No
|
CA, HI, NV, AZ don’t want any gays. |
| Buddhism |
Ambiguous
|
Thailand & Cambodia not so friendly, others call for tolerance. |
| Catholicism |
No
|
Go make babies! |
| Episcopal Church |
Ambiguous
|
Mostly supportive; conservatives breaking away |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
No
|
Official position coming 2009. |
| Hinduism |
Ambiguous
|
Some no, but some homosexality in Kama Sutra |
| Islam |
No
|
Disagree on punishment only |
| Judaism Reform & Reconstructionist |
Yes
|
|
| Judaism Conservative |
No
|
Rabbis can bless |
| Judaism Orthodox |
No
|
|
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod |
No
|
|
| Mormonism |
No
|
|
| National Association of Evangelicals |
No
|
|
| National Council of Churches |
Ambiguous
|
Diverse theological teachings |
| Presbyterian Churh USA |
Ambiguous
|
Rift over gay ordinations. |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
No
|
Go make yourselves straight! |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Yes
|
|
| United Church of Christ |
Yes
|
|
| United Methodist Church |
No
|
Interpreted results from Pew Forum and LA Times study of official views of various religious institutions toward same-sex marriage. (Pew Forum) (LA Times)
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