United Church of Christ Backs Same-Sex Marriage
By SHAILA DEWAN
Published: July 5, 2005
Correction Appended
ATLANTA, July 4 - The United Church of Christ became the first mainline Christian denomination to support same-sex marriage officially when its general synod passed a resolution on Monday affirming "equal marriage rights for couples regardless of gender."
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Rev. John H. Thomas, the president and general minister of the United Church of Christ, said that the vote is "a crucial and groundbreaking first word in a difficult but important churchwide discussion."
