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Pastors generally believe same-sex marriage and abortion are wrong, but most of them won’t talk to their congregations about it for fear of losing members.

That’s a basic takeaway from a recent Barna Group study. Research expert George Barna was on American Family Radio’s Today’s Issues broadcast to discuss what he discovered.

“What we’re finding is that when we ask them about all the key issues of the day, [90 percent of them are] telling us, ‘Yes, the Bible speaks to every one of these is

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Rev. Frank Schaefer returns to the retreat house in Spring City, Pa. on Monday, Nov. 18, where a jury of other pastors convicted him of violating church law by officiating his son's marriage to another man. Schaefer could be defrocked. (Tom Gralish/Philadelphia Inquirer/AP)
A United Methodist minister convicted under church law of performing his son's same-sex wedding ceremony could learn if he'll be defrocked.
A jury of his pastoral peers convicted the Rev. Frank Schaefer Monday of breakin
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Gay marriage and homosexual weddings are being sanctioned or considered by many countries or states. What effects would same-sex unions have on society, on the church, on children, on government and schools, on Christians, and on marriage itself? Should homosexuals and lesbians be granted the right to marry, along with the privileges of marriage? Is homosexuality moral or immoral? Should benefits be given to "domestic partners"? Does the Bible teach that God wants us to accept and tolerate homos

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