Methodists Affirm Ban on Gay Clergy
From Times Wire Reports
The highest court of the United Methodist Church affirmed that the denomination’s Book of Discipline forbids the appointment of “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” as pastors.
But, in a small victory for gay clergy, the Judicial Council ruled in Nashville that a bishop cannot strip away such an appointment without due process.
The decision unifies the judicial and legislative branches of the nation’s third-largest denomination.
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