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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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Bishop: I tried hard to avoid trial for pastor who officiated gay son’s wedding
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A United Methodist official in Pennsylvania says she didn’t want to put a pastor on trial for officiating at his gay son’s wedding.
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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.
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Pa. pastor faces church trial Monday for officiating at gay son’s wedding
A Pennsylvania pastor charged under United Methodist law with officiating his son’s same-sex marriage is scheduled to go on trial Monday.
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Methodist bishops plan complaint over retired bishop officiating gay wedding
LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. — The United Methodist Council of Bishops on Friday said it plans to file a complaint against a retired bishop who performed a wedding for two gay men in Alabama.
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Ministers back colleague by participating in same-sex wedding ceremony
PHILADELPHIA — About 50 ministers gave their symbolic support to a colleague facing sanctions from the United Methodist Church by participating in a same-sex wedding.