David Gura speaks wh Rev. Kimberly Stt about last week's meetg of the Uned Methodist Church's Council of Bishops and s impedg vote on whether to orda gay pastors.
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- AMERIN CHURCH MT REJECT LERALISM AND ADM WE GOT WRONG ON GAY PEOPLE
- WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
AMERIN CHURCH MT REJECT LERALISM AND ADM WE GOT WRONG ON GAY PEOPLE
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This is rponse to the Amerin UMC monstratg a more progrsive view toward LGBT rights recent years, cludg the ordatn of gay clergy and the performance of same-sex weddgs. The Disciple stat that homosexualy is “patible wh Christian teachg. Oliveto is the first openly gay bishop to hold the posn the church.
Many nservative church have left as Methodist church have routely vlated bans agast the ordatn or marriage of homosexuals.
(RELATED: Church Embrace Pri Month Wh Drag Queen Story Hour, Queer Proms And Gay Concerts) More left-wg Methodists have anticipated a proposal modifyg the church law to perm same-sex marriage and the ordatn of LGBT dividuals at the followg General Conference 2024 as a rult of the partur, the AP reported. "At prent, the UMC prohibs the blsg of same-sex unns and the ordatn of non-celibate homosexuals. ” Kuntz didn’t mentn a specific event but lled for prayer “until July 8, ” acrdg to the Star ially asked for the mayor’s immediate rignatn, sayg: “There is no place for homophobic bigotry cy ernment.
WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
" He also said that he felt God would not approve of drag shows and homosexualy. Kimberly Stt about last week's meetg of the Uned Methodist Church's Council of Bishops and s impedg vote on whether to orda gay pastors.
The Uned Methodist nomatn has over 6 ln members the Uned Stat, and they're divid over the qutn of ordag gay misters. She left the church for seven years and me back to be s first Black, female, openly gay pastor, and she jos now om Phoenix.
KIMBERLY SCOTT: Thank you, So this bate over ordag gay clergy has been gog on for a while, sce the late '60s. And then the other part was always send-gusg myself - whether or not I was supposed to be open about my sexual orientatn, whether or not I was supposed to play the game of don't ask, don't Jt so that I'm clear, is the church's official stance on homosexualy today ambiguo or is pretty clearly fed and you'd like to see changed?