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When the United Methodist Church removed anti-gay language from its official rules last week, it marked the end of a half-century of debates over LGBTQ inclusion in America's mainline Protestant denominations.
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (RNS) The reversals came in the wake of a schism that saw the departure of a quarter of its US churches more than 7,600 congregations over the past five years.