United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from being ordained or appointed as ministers. Delegates voted 692-51 at their General Conference the first such legislative gathering in five years. That overwhelming margin contrasts sharply with the decades of controversy around the issue., World News - Times Now
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. United Methodist delegates repealed their church s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding "self-avowed practicing homosexuals" from being ordained or appointed as ministers.
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina: United Methodist delegates repealed their church s longstanding ban on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding self-avowed practicing homosexuals from being ordained or appointed as ministers.
"I wish it happened sooner," a Greensboro pastor said. "There are many talented and grace-filled members who have struggled to be ordained because of their sexual orientation."