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First non-binary person ordained in one of America’s biggest churches

Saturday, June 10, 2017

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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Ruling against lesbian Methodist bishop highlights divisions in the denomination

Sunday, April 30, 2017

Bishop Karen Oliveto's civil marriage to another woman violates church law that bars clergy who are "self-avowed practicing homosexuals," the Judicial Council said.

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A Methodist bishop is on trial because she’s a lesbian

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Within minutes, a formal complaint was filed challenging her election as bishop as contrary to the church ban on clergy who are "self-avowed practicing homosexuals."

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Methodist minister will keep job after performing wedding for gay couple

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Church rules forbid its pastors from performing same-sex marriages.

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Methodists defy ban and elect first openly lesbian bishop

Saturday, July 16, 2016

Church law explicitly forbids a "self-avowed practicing homosexual" from being a church leader.

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Methodists trying to avoid church split over LGBTQ rights

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Delegates at the Methodist General Conference voted 428-405 to delay all consideration of LGBT-related proposals.

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Michigan pastor sleeping in tent in support of LGBTQ people

Sunday, February 21, 2016

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

Saturday, February 14, 2015

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

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

A church statement says the case against retired Bishop Melvin G. Talbert is ending with a settlement that the denomination calls a "just resolution."

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Methodist pastor who officiated at gay son’s wedding to keep ordination

Monday, October 27, 2014

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A Methodist pastor who was disciplined after he officiated at the wedding of his gay son will be allowed to remain an ordained minister. The Judicial Council of the nation's second-largest Protestant denomination…

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