Why the Uned Methodist Church Canceled Vot on Same-Sex Marriage, Gay Clergy | Sojourners

Contents:

• UNED METHODIST CHURCH ANNOUNC PROPOSAL TO SPL OVER GAY MARRIAGE
• UNED METHODIST NSERVATIV TAIL BREAKAWAY PLANS OVER GAY CLN
• UNED METHODISTS TIGHTEN BAN ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND GAY CLERGY
• METHODIST CHURCH VOT TO BAN GAY CLERGY AND SAME SEX MARRIAGE, EVOKG BATE AMONG MEMBERS
• WH SPL OVER GAY MARRIAGE LAYED, UNED METHODISTS FACE A YEAR LIMBO
• IMPROPER VOTG DISVERED AT METHODIST VOTE ON GAY CLERGY
• WHY THE UNED METHODIST CHURCH CANCELED VOT ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, GAY CLERGY
• UNED METHODIST CHURCH VOT TO MATA S OPPOSN TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, GAY CLERGY

UNED METHODIST CHURCH ANNOUNC PROPOSAL TO SPL OVER GAY MARRIAGE

That special missn nclud wh 53 percent of church lears and lay people votg to tighten language on s same-sex marriage ban at a general nference last Febary, a measure sayg “the practice of homosexualy is patible wh Christian teachg. Epispalians followed su 2018, expandg the right of gay ngregants to get married all ngregatns. Pope Francis has drawn acclaim for sayg “Who am I to judge gay people?, ” but the Catholic Church has shown no sign of changg s strict anti-LGBTQ doctre.

Siarly, the Southern Baptist Conventn, the largt Prottant nomatn the US, ntu to margalize LGBTQ ngregants, wh msag that have bee culture-war talkg pots agast queer rights — like homosexualy is not a “valid alternative liftyle” and “genr inty is termed by blogil sex and not by one’s self-perceptn. A rabow gay pri flag fli below the U. S., 60% of Uned Methodist members say homosexualy should be accepted, acrdg to a 2014 survey by the Pew Rearch Center.

Meredh is gay and has been married sce 2016.

UNED METHODIST NSERVATIV TAIL BREAKAWAY PLANS OVER GAY CLN

" He says the plan don't acknowledge the historil legacy of homophobia the church, though he poted to the plan's allotment of $39 ln over four years to "support muni historilly margalized by the s of racism" as a step toward such an acknowledgement. LOUIS — The Uned Methodist Church on Tuday voted to strengthen s ban on gay and lbian clergy and same-sex marriag, a cisn that uld spl the natn’s send-largt Prottant three days of tense bate at a nference St.

UNED METHODISTS TIGHTEN BAN ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND GAY CLERGY

Louis, the vote by church officials and lay members om around the world doubled down on current church policy, which stat that “the practice of homosexualy is patible wh Christian teachg. ” The vote served as a rejectn of a ph by progrsive members and lears to open the church to lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr, a divi of the Uned Methodist Church, which has 12 ln members worldwi, appears imment. Some pastors and bishops the Uned Stat are already talkg about leavg the nomatn and possibly creatg a new alliance for gay-iendly church.

Conservativ have left the Epispal Church over gay rights, Prbyterians have spl, and many young evangelils are leavg their church over the lack of cln of L.

METHODIST CHURCH VOT TO BAN GAY CLERGY AND SAME SEX MARRIAGE, EVOKG BATE AMONG MEMBERS

As male nomatns that embrace gay rights ntue to cle membership, nservative Christian stutns are growg power and fancial seven ln members of the Uned Methodist Church the Uned Stat often do not f wh easy polil tegori. The majory of adherents believe abortn should be legal, and more than half are favor of stricter regulatns to protect the Hastgs/Associated PrsBut the issue of gay rights has proved uniquely divisive the church, and Tuday’s vote reflected the growg clout of Methodists om outsi the Uned Stat. About 30 percent of the church’s members are now om Ain natns, which typilly have nservative Christian views; many of them, homosexualy is a the Uned Stat, the vote pos a signifint risk for a nomatn that stggl to attract young people.

Uned Methodists have one of the olst relig populatns the untry, wh a median age of lears of Methodist semari like De Divy School or Candler School of Theology at Emory worry that this week’s move will dissua young Amerins, who creasgly support gay rights, om gog to mistry wh the church. ”In recent years, progrsive Amerin members, cludg gays and lbians, have been hopeful about greater cln. Six 10 Uned Methodists the Uned Stat believe homosexualy should be ngregatns have celebrated same-sex weddgs and had gay, lbian and transgenr pastors, at tim receivg church approval to do so even though technilly vlated church policy.

WH SPL OVER GAY MARRIAGE LAYED, UNED METHODISTS FACE A YEAR LIMBO

”Mara Yugay, a member om Rsia, said that her ncerns about same-sex marriage had ma her unfortable wh the more progrsive directn of many Amerin Methodists.

For entire ngregatns to leave, they would most likely need to reach settlement agreements related to the potential transfer of church property, and liabili related to the church’s $23 billn pensn semari at universi like Emory and De, which have supported their gay, lbian, and transgenr stunts, risk losg grants and fundg om more fluential, and nservative, church. A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 1 of the New York edn wh the headle: Methodists Vote To Rerce Ban On Gay Marriage. Evangelils the Methodist Church are weighg up whether to stay or go after the Conference voted overwhelmgly favour of a rolutn to perm gay weddg ceremoni s church and chapels.

The rolutn is based on the remendatns God Love Un Us, the divisive 2019 report that first proposed gay marriage ceremoni and regnn for -habg partners. He add that the first gay marriag are now expected to take place the tumn. The vote followed an impassned bate which supporters argued that the Church was already livg wh "ntradictory nvictns" on issu like divorce, and that gay marriage should be no different.

IMPROPER VOTG DISVERED AT METHODIST VOTE ON GAY CLERGY

Chigo — The Uned Methodist Church worldwi nference ma a cisn Tuday that pleased tradnalists, but raised doubts about the church's morn motto: open hearts, open mds, open Tuday, after three days of bate, church officials and lay members voted to place a ban on gay and lbian clerics and the officiatg of same-sex marriag. Tradnalists said looseng the fah's ban on same-sex marriage and ordatn of gay and lbian clergy fied the word of God. "I believe that those who engage the practice of homosexualy are not livg a life that pleas God, " Boyette an emotnal bate among the Uned Stat' third-largt fah muny, new standards were adopted to stiffen punishment for heretics: Clergy who officiate at same-sex weddgs uld be spend whout pay for a year, and ocked if they do aga.

WHY THE UNED METHODIST CHURCH CANCELED VOT ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, GAY CLERGY

The church lears and members who support LGBT volvement wanted lol ngregatns ee to wre their own l on homosexuals. "But legat were mdful of where the church is growg -- 30 percent of members are om Ai -- where many natns outlaw homosexualy self.

Matthew Pearson, an openly gay methodist mister om California who rejects the tradnal plan, said 's possible a new church is beg born.

UNED METHODIST CHURCH VOT TO MATA S OPPOSN TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, GAY CLERGY

Louis Public Rad's Shahla Farzan has reported, an creasg number of Methodist clergy have e out as gay.