United Methodist delegates have repealed their church’s longstanding ban on the celebrations of same-sex marriages or unions by its clergy. The action marked the final major repeal of a half-century’s
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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on May 1, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from being ordained or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…