The Lutheran Church in Norway has voted to allow same-sex marriages in an attempt to be “practical in this modern world.” The Norwegian Lutheran Church is also trying to stay relevant. Until last year about 74% of Norwegians were Lutherans. But Lutheran Church membership has been steadily declining.
Under the new rules of the Norwegian Lutheran Church, priests who are opposed to same-sex marriage and who do not want to marry same-sex couples would have the right to object from participating in the ceremony.
Norway is a so-called “progressive” country. It has already adopted policies and legislation to support minority rights, women’s rights, and LGBT rights. It was the first country to pass an anti-discrimination law to protect the rights for same-sex couples. In the year 2009, it became the sixth country to provide complete marriage equality to same-sex couples.
“Likewise also, as it was in the days of Lot…” Luke 17:28