My Church

As I've mentioned in a previous post, I recently prepared a written statement to be given out at my church on the subject of gay marriage.  My church is one of the ones which are quite conservative and which take a stand on homosexuality.  Some people who read my statement were very positive, including the pastor who was there at the time.  Both he and his wife said they learned to see the topic differently than they had before and they appreciated my effort.  A few other people were less positive but they haven't stopped being friendly to me.  In the past, my particular local church had a split because of homosexuality.  At this time, we have a new pastor and I've prepared an amendment for my statement.--Will see how it gets accepted?  But I probably won't change my own views, whether people agree with me or not.  [Am referring to the idea of supporting "gay marriage with religious exemptions," rather than supporting only "civil unions."  In my case, and as I've written in this blog, I've always supported the full equivalent-to-married legal rights, regardless of what name I was calling it.]