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Methodists seize control of rogue anti-gay church
The church announced its intention to disaffiliate from the wider United Methodist Church after its pastor was removed as pastor and suggested it was because of the church’s “conservative” stances.
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Pro-LGBTQ church breaks away from the United Methodist Church
The “welcoming, all-inclusive congregation” in Georgia is the first in the country to break away due to the Methodists’ anti-LGBTQ stances.
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A church responds with love to anti-gay vandalism
“We want to surround that message of hate with a message of love, and that’s what we’ve received since.”
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Cuban legislature adds marriage equality into constitution
Cuba’s proposed new constitution defines marriage as “the consensual union of two people, regardless of gender.”
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First non-binary person ordained in one of America’s biggest churches
This clergy member feels a calling to be a “visibly trans person” ordained by a church that still officially bans LGB clergy.
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LGBTQ group bedevils Donald Trump as he answers Evangelicals’ prayers
The presumptive Republican nominee preached to the choir and won a standing ovation from hundreds of conservative Christians.
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Mississippi church a window into national gay rights debate
The Governor sits a few pews away from the lesbian couple who sued to overturn the state’s ban on adoption by same-sex parents.
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Michigan pastor sleeping in tent in support of LGBTQ people
A Michigan pastor has been sleeping outside in a tent for weeks to protest his denomination’s stance on LGBT people.
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United Methodist Church body proposes more open stance on homosexuality
Gay clergy and same-sex marriage may soon be allowed at United Methodist Churches under a proposal drafted by the Connectional Table, a respected international body of clergy members and lay people in the church.
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Methodists end case against bishop who officiated same-sex wedding
A church statement says the case against retired Bishop Melvin G. Talbert is ending with a settlement that the denomination calls a “just resolution.”