# Largest religious organization that supports same sex marriage?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 4, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-religious-organization-that-supports-same-sex-marriage/311068 "2005-07-04T23:04:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-religious-organization-that-supports-same-sex-marriage/311068/1 "2005-07-04T23:04:02Z")

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So, the United Church of Christ has [voted to endorse same sex marriage](http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5118023,00.html), making it the largest Christian denomination to do so, according to the linked article.

So, what’s the largest non-Christian denomination to support gay marriage? It can’t possibly still be Reform Judaism, can it? I know that was the case when RJ voted to endorse it, but that was five years ago.

Also, is this only in the US, or worldwide?

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**Author:** ![MikeS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MikeS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeS)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-religious-organization-that-supports-same-sex-marriage/311068/2 "2005-07-05T00:09:33Z")

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The only other non-Christian church that I know of which accepts same-sex marriage is Unitarian Universalism, and the figures I’ve found seem to indicate that Reform Judaism is significantly larger than UUism (roughly 3.75 million vs. roughly 800 thousand worldwide, respectively.)

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**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-religious-organization-that-supports-same-sex-marriage/311068/3 "2005-07-05T12:36:09Z")

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From what I understand, only the American Unitarians are also Universalists.

There is a Unitarian Church in Dublin, but it has broadly a Christian service. However belief in the divinity of Jesus, his resurrection and the Virign Birth are voluntary.

It is cerainly not the same as a UU church, even if the have similar beliefs about social policy.