Editor’s note: This report has been updated to clarify the Biden administration’s efforts to empower the Palestinian Authority to replace Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The Biden administration and Israel’s supporters in Congress are lashing out at the International Criminal Court (ICC) over potential arrest warrants that could be issued for alleged crimes by Israeli…
The 447-233 vote by the UMC s General Conference came one day after United Methodist delegates overwhelmingly voted to repeal a 52-year-old declaration that the practice of homosexuality is "incompatible with Christian teaching” and two days after they repealed the denomination s ban on LGBTQ clergy.