United Methodist megachurch pastor Adam Hamilton stated at a Texas gathering that Christians can support gay marriage and not be at odds with orthodoxy.
In recent years, the UMC has had intense debate over the denomination’s official stance against homosexuality and same-sex marriage.
Speaking at a conference organized by the group Uniting Methodists held last week at Lovers Lane United Methodist Church in Dallas, Hamilton spoke about the authority of Scripture regarding the church body’s debate over LGBT issues.
He argued that both sides of the debate within the UMC held high opinions of Scripture and that the differences were over interpretation instead.
Hamilton took issue with the idea that Christians accepting same-sex marriage means that they have rejected “the historic essentials of the Christian faith.”
“So orthodoxy now means that I hold a particular view of same-gender marriage and/or a particular view of Scripture that gets me to a particular view of same-gender marriage,”
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