Methodist Church convicts lesbian minister...

[kage69]

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Gays will be forming their own church soon (or have they?)

 

[daveshel]

I'm not so sure I'm comfortable with the notion that Methodists have their own court system.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: kage69
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Gays will be forming their own church soon (or have they?)

Not in the U.S., not allowed. Gays will be booted out of the U.S. liek Survivor, it's already hapenning.

 

[shrumpage]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: kage69
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Gays will be forming their own church soon (or have they?)

Not in the U.S., not allowed. Gays will be booted out of the U.S. liek Survivor, it's already hapenning.

really? where?

 

[mwtgg]

Update: She was defrocked.

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: kage69
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Gays will be forming their own church soon (or have they?)

Not in the U.S., not allowed. Gays will be booted out of the U.S. liek Survivor, it's already hapenning.

Do you believe your own shit?

Originally posted by: daveshel
I'm not so sure I'm comfortable with the notion that Methodists have their own court system.

Why? It's not like you can be tried in it for anything.

 

[ReiAyanami]

sure beats the michael jackson shuffle-the-deck court system

 

[Riprorin]

Originally posted by: shrumpage

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: kage69
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Gays will be forming their own church soon (or have they?)

Not in the U.S., not allowed. Gays will be booted out of the U.S. liek Survivor, it's already hapenning.

really? where?

Cameron Diaz said that if you think rape should be legal, you should vote on November 2.

Gee, a lot of people voted on Nov. 2 and rape is still illegal.

You belong in Hollywood, Dave.

 

[imported_Condor]

You ever watch the Apprentice? Same thing. Trump has his own court system too. It is an INTERNAL process!

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

Methodist Church is undergoing a struggle, probably another split in their future.

Episcopal Church is OK with gay clergy, I do believe.

 

[her209]

United Methodists defrock lesbian minister

Pottstown, PA, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A United Methodist Church jury near Philadelphia has defrocked a practicing lesbian for openly breaching church policy, the Inquirer reported Friday.


The Rev. Irene Elizabeth Stroud was ordered to surrender her ministerial license Thursday for "engaging in practices declared by the United Methodist Church to be incompatible with Christian teachings" because she is a practicing lesbian.

Her fellow clergy voted 7-6 to defrock Stroud, who had been associate minister at First United Methodist Church of Germantown. The lead prosecutor, the Rev. Thomas Hall, told the jurors "the only penalty possible" was to defrock Stroud, because the denomination's highest court recently declared "self-avowed, practicing homosexuals" to be "unappointable."

"We have no delight in finding a colleague guilty of the charges in this case," he said. "The evidence was clear and convincing. We believe that church law is absolutely clear."

An estimated two-thirds of the world's United Methodists support their denomination's ban on gay clergy, though there is an active, vocal dissident camp.

Stroud, who asked for and received a trial that was open to the public, brought on the proceeding when she used a sermon last year to disclose her "covenant relationship" with another woman.

Aren't the Methodists the one's that were touting "We accept gays into our church"?