Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Homosexuality and Church

Germany: In 2011 the Protestant Church shows itself in a positive light. This is certainly true for the Protestant Church Thüringen and Sachsen-Anhalt. The Protestant Church of Central-Germany allows its gay and lesbian ministers to live together with their partners in the vicarage. Performing duties as a vicar and homosexuality are are not incompatible. The Protestant Church of Central Germany follows the way of its sister church in Bavaria. The important thing for people working in a vicarage is that they are member of a Protestant Church.
Furthermore the Protestant Church for Central-Germany urges its ministers to be open about their sexual preference. Working with the entire congregation from the beginning on should prevent rejection. As a last resort effort it will be possible to transfer ministers to a different community. Currently the Protestant Church is working on a blessing for same sex couples. The church hopes that that way there won't be any confusion between a blessing and a 'hetero-marriage'.
Within in the 22 Protestant Churches in Germany the tolerance with same sex couples and the possibility of blessings can be quite different from church to church. Quite often the decision is being made on a individual case basis.

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