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Calif. Methodist bishop offers job to Pa. pastor defrocked over gay son’s wedding
PHILADELPHIA — A United Methodist pastor from central Pennsylvania who was defrocked after officiating his son’s gay wedding was invited by a California Methodist bishop to serve in her region in yet another sign of a split in the nation’s largest mainline Protestant denomination.
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Pa. pastor appeals defrocking over officiating gay son’s wedding
PHILADELPHIA — A United Methodist pastor defrocked for officiating at his son’s same-sex wedding has appealed the decision, a move that offered the latest evidence of a split in the nation’s largest mainline Protestant denomination and came as yet another state legalized gay marriage.
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Pa. pastor defrocked after performing gay son’s wedding
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — United Methodist church officials defrocked a pastor from central Pennsylvania on Thursday who violated religious doctrine by officiating his gay son’s wedding, and he later said he was shocked by their decision, calling his involvement in the wedding an “act of love.”
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Pa. pastor won’t quit voluntarily over officiating at gay son’s wedding
PHILADELPHIA — A United Methodist pastor vowed Monday to defy a religious order to surrender his credentials for performing a same-sex wedding, saying church officials will have to defrock him if they want him out of the ministry.
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To the Bishop judging the minister who officiated his gay son’s wedding…
In 1990, I fell in love. I met a beautiful man named Paul who shared my values, my heart and my soul. We quickly knew that we intended to spend the rest of our lives together. We were not looking for legal protection or rights, and the public conversation about same sex marriage and marriage equality really had not even begun. We just sought to solemnize our relationship into s spiritual marriage. My parents had been on their own journey accepting my sexual orientation, and they had evolved to the point that they felt comfortable approaching the minister of their church that they had supported significantly for years…
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Pastor who officiated gay son’s wedding expects to be defrocked after suspension
SPRING CITY, Pa. — Rev. Frank Schaefer gets to keep calling himself a Methodist pastor – at least for the next 30 days.
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Pa. pastor unrepentant for officiating gay wedding, suspended for 30 days
SPRING CITY, Pa. — A United Methodist minister convicted under church law of officiating at his son’s same-sex wedding was suspended for 30 days on Tuesday but remained defiant, saying he refuses to change his views, even if it means permanently losing his credentials.
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Pa. pastor who officiated gay son’s wedding to learn fate
SPRING CITY, Pa. — A day after convicting one of their own of breaking church law, a jury of United Methodist clergy members returned Tuesday to determine the punishment for a minister who officiated at the same-sex wedding of his son.
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Church jury convicts Pa. Methodist pastor for officiating gay son’s wedding
SPRING CITY, Pa. — A United Methodist minister was convicted Monday in a Pennsylvania church trial of breaking church law by officiating at his son’s same-sex marriage, a case that rekindled debate over the policy of the nation’s largest mainline Protestant denomination.
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United Methodists hold trial for Pa. pastor who officiated gay son’s wedding
SPRING CITY, Pa. — A United Methodist pastor accused of officiating his son’s same-sex wedding testified Monday he decided to break church rules out of love for his son.