A 2014 survey reported that 43% of white evangelical American Christians between the ages of 18 and 33 supported same-sex marriage.Carol Kuruvilla, Meet The Evangelicals Who Cheered The SCOTUS Gay Marriage Ruling, HuffPost, USA, 29 June 2015 Some evangelical churches accept homosexuality and celebrate gay weddings.TOM GJELTEN, MARISA PEÑALOZA, Acceptance Grows, Slowly But Steadily, For Gay Evangelicals, NPR, USA, 10 May 2016AP, Evangelical church opens doors fully to gays, NBC News, USA, 19 December 2009 The change in beliefs in favor of gay marriage in evangelical churches has certain consequences for them.Heidi Hall, Evangelical Churches Grapple With LGBT Inclusion, HuffPost, USA, 3 March 2015 Various churches thus received an excommunication from their Christian denomination for not respecting the confession of faith. Associated Press, Minneapolis pastor and his church expelled for permitting gay marriage, theguardian.com, UK, June 29, 2019 Other churches have faced significant departures of members from their congregations, seeing their financial resources diminish. Andrew J. Yawn,A Georgia church, kicked out of the SBC for allowing gay members, wants to make sure 'everybody's welcome', usatoday.com, USA, April 4, 2021
