NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The highest court within the United Methodist Church defrocked a lesbian minister today for violating the denomination’s ban on "self-avowed, practicing homosexual" clergy. [more...]Update...11/2:
According to the NY Times the same "Judicial Council" is supporting another hateful position:
But church experts said the most significant decision could prove to be the little-known case of the Rev. Edward Johnson, pastor of South Hill United Methodist Church in South Hill, Va. Mr. Johnson's decision to keep an openly gay man from joining his congregation was upheld by the Judicial Council as the rightful exercise of his pastoral discretion.
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The Pacific Northwest resolution asserted tolerance for a plurality of views on sexuality. In both cases, the council held yesterday that church law barring gay members in the clergy superseded the resolutions. [more...]
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