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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.
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Methodist pastor faces trial for presiding over son’s gay wedding
The Rev. Frank Schaefer officiated his son’s same-sex marriage “because I love him so much and didn’t want to deny him that joy,” but his decision to flout Methodist law could cost him his pastor’s credentials in the latest flashpoint of a debate roiling the nation’s largest mainline Protestant denomination.
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Methodist bishop performs gay wedding in Ala. despite church opposition
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A retired United Methodist bishop performed a wedding for two gay men Saturday in Alabama despite opposition from other church leaders.
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Pa. pastors to officiate at gay wedding to support colleague facing dismissal
PHILADELPHIA — A group of Methodist ministers will jointly officiate the marriage of a same-sex couple — in violation of church doctrine — to show solidarity with a colleague facing possible dismissal for presiding at his gay son’s wedding.
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Retired Methodist bishop to officiate gay wedding in Ala. despite objections
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A retired United Methodist bishop from Tennessee said Monday that he will perform a wedding service for two men in Alabama despite opposition from the presiding bishop, who says the ceremony will violate church law.
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Retired Methodist ministers say they’ll break Church rules and perform gay weddings
RENO, Nev. — Five retired United Methodist ministers are taking a stand against their church’s rules regarding same-sex unions.
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N.C. church will no longer officiate weddings until gay couples can marry
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A Methodist church in Winston-Salem, N.C., said it will no longer perform marriages for heterosexual couples until United Methodist pastors are allowed to officiate at marriages for same-sex couples.