With an estimated 3.1 million members, the Presbyterian Church (USA) is very supportive of gay, lesbian and bisexual people — even though official church doctrine still holds that homosexual sex is sinful and against God’s will and bans gays and lesbians from the clergy.
The National Baptist Convention USA Inc., the largest predominantly African-American denomination in the United States with more than 5 million members, has issued no public statements on its attitudes or policies toward gay, lesbian and bisexual people and the issues that affect them.
The Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches is the largest Christian organization dedicated to outreach to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people — although heterosexual members are also welcome.
Hinduism is one of the world’s oldest religions, and Hindus constitute a sixth of the world’s population today. Most Hindus live in India but there are about 1.5 million Hindus, both Indians and non-Indians, in the United States.
The Mormon Church, which has an estimated 5.5 million members, is fiercely antagonistic toward gay and lesbian people and rejects the very notion of a gay or lesbian orientation, arguing that people who are attracted to someone of the same sex are either misguided or willfully sinful.