In 2004, the church officially endorsed an amendment to the United States Constitution banning marriage except between a man and a woman.
The church endorsed it in 1968 in the Review and Herald (now the Adventist Review), the church's flagship magazine.
Years of Cooperation Under their tax-exempt status, churches may not endorse candidates although they are permitted to lobby for legislation, to explain campaign issues and to encourage voting.
Epinoia leads only to error-a view that the "catholic church" endorsed then and holds to this day.
More Light churches endorse the mission statement:
"The clearest way a church can endorse someone is to raise funds," said Joseph L. Conn, a spokesman for the group.
However, the church has endorsed or opposed specific political positions that it considers to be moral issues:
Her church would not have endorsed drinking alcohol or dancing.
Homosexuality, the leaders said, is a sin that the church should not endorse.
The church certainly endorses legal protection for the fundamental human rights of all.