Home›Sources›UCC Becomes First Mainline Church to Endorse Gay Marriage (Christian Post, 2005)SourcesUCC Becomes First Mainline Church to Endorse Gay Marriage (Christian Post, 2005)Christian Post, 5 July 2005Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "UCC Becomes First Mainline Church to Endorse Gay Marriage (Christian Post, 2005)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/christian-post-2005-ucc-marriage-equality.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). UCC Becomes First Mainline Church to Endorse Gay Marriage (Christian Post, 2005). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/christian-post-2005-ucc-marriage-equalityCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-ucc-becomes-first-mainline-church-to-end, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {UCC Becomes First Mainline Church to Endorse Gay Marriage (Christian Post, 2005)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/christian-post-2005-ucc-marriage-equality}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXA Christian Post news report on the United Church of Christ's 25th General Synod vote of Monday, 4 July 2005, in Atlanta, in which roughly 80 percent of the 884-member Synod approved a resolution affirming marriage equality regardless of gender, making the UCC the first mainline Protestant denomination in the United States to take that position.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (14 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedPauline J. ChangPublisherWell-attestedChristian PostPublication YearWell-attested2005URLWell-attestedhttps://www.christianpost.com/news/ucc-becomes-first-mainline-church-to-endorse-gay-marriage.htmlSource TypeWell-attestednewsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2A contemporary news report of a public floor vote, naming the exact date, location and vote share, and quoting the denomination's own general minister and president from the floor. Not the Synod's own minutes, so held one tier below a source drawn directly from the church's own archival records.Claims Backed By This Source (14 claims)This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.Denominations, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 general references.Articles, 2 claims: 2 general references.Beliefs & Restrictions, 1 claims: 1 holds.Well-attested9DenominationsUnited Church of ChristSourcesUCC Becomes First Mainline Church to Endorse Gay Marriage (Christian Post, 2005)Holds1Beliefs & RestrictionsThe full inclusion of LGBTQ people in ordination and marriageGeneral References4ArticlesA Legislative Change, Not a Doctrinal DriftA Testimony, Not a Test: Ordination and Inclusion in the United Church of ChristDenominationsMainline ProtestantismUnited Church of ChristComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year