United Methodists approve gay clergy ordination, ending 40-year-old ban
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The United Methodist Church delegates voted Wednesday to allow LGBTQ individuals to serve as ministers, reversing a 40-year-old ban on the ordination of "self-avowed practicing homosexuals."
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United Methodists begin to reverse longstanding anti-LGBTQ policies
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United Methodists approve gay clergy ordination, ending 40-year-old ban
United Methodist delegates have endorsed a constitutional amendment that could let the U.S. church — where support has grown for the ordination of LGBTQ people and same-sex marriage — authorize such rites, even as more conservative churches would not.
United Methodist delegates are heading into the homestretch of a legislative gathering that appears on track to make historic changes in lifting their church’s longstanding bans on same-sex marriage and LGBTQ clergy.
United Methodist delegates began making historic changes in their policies on sexuality on Tuesday — voting without debate to reverse a series of anti-LGBTQ polices.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (RNS) — Among the rules overturned were a ban on bishops ordaining LGBTQ candidates for ministry, a ban on funding for LGBTQ affinity groups as well as a series of mandatory penalties for clergy who officiate same-sex weddings.
United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from being ordained or appointed as ministers.
Meeting at their worldwide General Conference in Charlotte, N.C., United Methodist delegates voted overwhelmingly to allow LGBTQ clergy and for Methodist ministers to officiate at same-sex weddings.
The United Methodist Church delegates voted Wednesday to allow LGBTQ individuals to serve as ministers, reversing a 40-year-old ban on the ordination of "self-avowed practicing homosexuals."
By Justin Gamble, CNN (CNN) — The United Methodist Church overturned its 40-year ban on gay clergy Wednesday, marking a historic shift in the church’s stance on homosexuality. The church has long been divided into factions over LGBTQ inclusion and even weighed splitting into two separate churches ov…
The United Methodist Church's business session Tuesday voted to end a ban on using church funds to advocate for gay rights, a prelude to action expected later this week that would drop the denomination's official restrictions on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex marriage.
Conservatives who left over the past two years - about a fourth of all United Methodist churches - cited this anticipated change as reason for their departure.
