Transcript: Analysis: United Church of Christ votes to endorse gay marriage

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MICHELE NORRIS
All Things Considered (NPR)
07-04-2005
Analysis: United Church of Christ votes to endorse gay marriage

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The United Church of Christ voted today to endorse gay marriage. That makes the 1.3 million-member UCC the largest mainline church to approve same-sex marriage. While individual congregations are free to disregard the decision, some in the church are worried the vote will cause others to flee the denomination. NPR's Larry Abramson has the story.

LARRY ABRAMSON reporting:

The United Church of Christ is believed to have ordained the first gay ...

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