Methodist pastor found guilty at church trial for officiatg at gay son’s weddg - The Washgton Post

Contents:

• METHODIST PASTOR MARRIED GAY SON ‘ GOOD NSCIENCE,’ NOW ON TRIAL
• LGBTQ UNED METHODIST LEARS GUTTED BY CHURCH'S ANTI-GAY CISN
• METHODIST PASTOR FOUND GUILTY AT CHURCH TRIAL FOR OFFICIATG AT GAY SON’S WEDDG
• WALL STREET CEOS OPEN UP ABOUT THEIR GAY SONS
• HOW ‘LOVE, VICTOR’ CAPTUR ONE PARENT’S STGGLE TO ACCEPT HER GAY SON (EXCLUSIVE)
• IS YOUR CHILD GAY?

METHODIST PASTOR MARRIED GAY SON ‘ GOOD NSCIENCE,’ NOW ON TRIAL

In a July 2013 Gallup poll, 52% of Amerins said they would vote for a law legalizg gay marriage, and 42% said they would not.

Supreme Court stck down parts of the Defense of Marriage Act June, the number of stat backg gay marriage has creased.

LGBTQ UNED METHODIST LEARS GUTTED BY CHURCH'S ANTI-GAY CISN

At prent, 15 stat and the District of Columbia have laws allowg gay marriage and a 16th state, Illois, is schled to jo wh days when the ernor signs a bill that has already passed the what is acceptable and legal wh secular societi n have a different standg relig Uned Methodist church, the natn’s largt male Prottant nomatn, also rejects homosexualy as beg ntrary to Christian teachg and bars s clergy om performg same-sex marriag. However, gays and lbians are allowed to be full members of the Methodists’ same-sex policy, reaffirmed by the 1, 000-member General Conference 2012, has divid the church. Hundreds of Methodist misters have publicly rejected church doctre on homosexualy, and some face disciple for pridg over same-sex unns.

METHODIST PASTOR FOUND GUILTY AT CHURCH TRIAL FOR OFFICIATG AT GAY SON’S WEDDG

”Schaefer, of Hull, Mass., told the reporters recent days that he will ttify on his father’s fense wants “to highlight how hurtful the policy of the church is toward the LGBT muny, ” he Schaefer said he stggled wh his homosexualy as a teenager and prayed every night that “God would make me normal, take this away om me.

WALL STREET CEOS OPEN UP ABOUT THEIR GAY SONS

Schaefer has told reporters that he uld have avoid a trial if he had agreed to never aga perform a same-genr weddg, but he cled bee three of his four children are mers killed, 20 jured Colorado mg accintNew Jersey’s gay nversn therapy ban fac another ttMidwt tornado: “Devastatn.

HOW ‘LOVE, VICTOR’ CAPTUR ONE PARENT’S STGGLE TO ACCEPT HER GAY SON (EXCLUSIVE)

The year was said some church lears were supportive of his g out as gay, while others enuraged him to rema the closet. He, and untls others, had prevly hoped that a vote durg a special ssn of the UMC’s general nference last month would change the urse of the church’s relatnship wh lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer vote, however, not only strengthened the church’s ban on openly gay clergy and same-sex marriag, but also creased penalti for future vlatns. Believe homosexualy should be accepted, Amerins only make up 56 percent of the general nference legat.

About 30 percent of the church’s members live Ain natns, many of which still nsir homosexualy a 864 legat attendance, the “Tradnal Plan” passed by a narrow marg of 54 vot. “To see a global body of untri where homosexualy is still illegal only vote tradnally by 54 vot — I mean, that’s pretty amazg to me, ” Warren said.

IS YOUR CHILD GAY?

Oliveto is the Methodist church's first openly gay Sangosti / The Denver Post via Getty Imag fileBishop Karen Oliveto, the first openly gay bishop the history of the UMC, se the general nference vote as not ditive of the valu of the church.

”On Tuday morng, the jury renvened to vise Schaefer’s penalty for agreeg 2006 to officiate at the marriage of his son, Tim, who earlier had ntemplated suici over his homosexualy.