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What is the name of the religion where married ...

What is the name of the religion where married people are not allowed to have any children?  I believe it started in the northeast United States.

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United Church of Christ Backs Same-Sex Marriage



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Published: July 5, 2005


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ATLANTA, July 4 - The United Church of Christ became the first mainline Christian denomination to support same-sex marriage officially when its general synod passed a resolution on Monday affirming "equal marriage rights for couples regardless of gender."

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Rev. John H. Thomas, the president and general minister of the United Church of Christ, said that the vote is "a crucial and groundbreaking first word in a difficult but important churchwide discussion."
 

A clash of ideas is not a catastrophe, it is an opportunity. Only its constructive conclusions should be allowed to leave the academic framework.
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tyrebitre
tyrebitre Answered:

Maybe you are thinking of the SHAKERS ?  An offshoot of the Quakers -  they could marry, but believed in celibacy.   They are, for obvious reasons, damn near extinct today.

THAT WHICH DOESN'T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER. Bull. Reality is, it will usually hurt like hell and leave you with a permanent limp.
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Betsy
Betsy Answered:

Thank you for your answer, yes it is the Shakers and I understand there are only twelve Shakers left...

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Betsy
Betsy Answered:

Thank you for your answer, yes it is the Shakers and I understand there are only twelve Shakers left...

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Betsy
Betsy Answered:

CoolThank you for your answer, yes it is the Shakers and I understand there are only twelve Shakers left...

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Ahau Kin
Ahau Kin Answered:

Not allowed to have children? That's a new one to me. Just when I thought religion couldn't possibly make people behave any nuttier.

How could they possibly believe that denial of the biological imperative would be pleasing to a deity? This might actually bear some further research.

So I suppose the only way they have to expand membership is to convert new members. Not much incentive there, though.

 

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Paipaihe
Paipaihe Answered:

The Shakers behave in this manner.

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timewilltell
timewilltell Answered:

That would be a false religion though.  God said, "Be fruitful and multiply".  There's a reason He made us man and woman.

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