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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Church denied insurance over gay marriage stance]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/01/08/insurer-denies-church-coverage-becuase-of-its-stance-on-gay-marr/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/01/08/insurer-denies-church-coverage-becuase-of-its-stance-on-gay-marr/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/01/08/insurer-denies-church-coverage-becuase-of-its-stance-on-gay-marr/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/scandals/" rel="tag">Scandals</a></p><p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="Brotherhood Mutual logo " src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2008/01/brotherhood-mutual.jpg" />Brotherhood Mutual <a href="http://money.aol.com/insurance">Insurance</a><a href="http://money.aol.com/insurance" /> Co., a major insurer of churches all over the country, has denied coverage to Michigan's West Adrian United Church of Christ, citing the national governing body of the church's support of gay marriage and ordination for gay ministers.</p>
<p>"Based on national media reports, controversial stances such as those indicated in your application responses have resulted in property damage and the potential for increased litigation among churches that have chosen to publicly endorse these positions," the insurer wrote to the church.</p>
<p>But consider this: The church's pastor says he knows of no acts of, or even threats of, violence against the church. And the church is actually among those that declined to support a resolution by its governing body affirming gay rights!</p><p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/01/08/insurer-denies-church-coverage-becuase-of-its-stance-on-gay-marr/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Church denied insurance over gay marriage stance</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/01/08/insurer-denies-church-coverage-becuase-of-its-stance-on-gay-marr/">Church denied insurance over gay marriage stance</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:51:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119974523121273089.html?mod=todays_us_page_one>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/01/08/insurer-denies-church-coverage-becuase-of-its-stance-on-gay-marr/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/1080701/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/01/08/insurer-denies-church-coverage-becuase-of-its-stance-on-gay-marr/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>churches</category><category>faith and business</category><category>FaithAndBusiness</category><category>gay issues</category><category>gay marriage</category><category>GayIssues</category><category>GayMarriage</category><category>inthenews</category><category>religion</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zac Bissonnette]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:51:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
