German Pastor Conducts First-Ever 'Blessing' of Polygamous Gay Union
Evangelical ceremony "marries" four men as one "family."
BERLIN — An Evangelical pastor in Berlin, Lena Müller, has conducted what is believed to be the first Protestant “blessing” of a polygamous gay union, according to BILD. During a “pop-up wedding festival” outside the city’s Holy Cross Church, Müller blessed four men — two from Latvia, one from Thailand, and reportedly one from Spain — as “one family.”
"You could see immediately that there was a lot of love between them," she said. "That's why the team quickly agreed: 'What should God have against the fact that there are now four and not two?'"
While Müller promotes a “queer-inclusive” and feminist theology, she admitted the union could not be formally recorded in church records since German law forbids polygamy and allows marriage only between two people. Despite this, she described the event as a full union "before God.”
Same-sex church weddings have been accepted for years in some Protestant communities, but this latest development — blessing a group as a “family” — has stirred fresh controversy in Germany, raising both theological and legal concerns.
"If people make their decisions at eye level, self-determined and consensual, then I don't consider it my job as a pastor to tell people what they have to do in their bedroom," Müller said.
Previously, UOJ reported that Catholic bishops in Germany pushed for the "full normalization" of LGBT identity in schools.
