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COVID-19: United Methodist Church minister who married gay couple dies


Rev. Dr. Larry Sonner waited about a week to turn himself in.
The Methodist minister had married a lesbian couple the weekend before, in October 2014, going against the Protestant church’s doctrine. Other ministers had done so in the past, but they kept the unions quiet and the ceremonies secret.
Larry saw a problem with their silence.
If Methodists wanted to call themselves “inclusive,” he asked,
how could they deny LGBTQ people the right to marry in their faith?
On one hand, disobeying church rules could lead to grave consequences. He could lose health benefits. He could lose his standing as a minister. He could lose his pension, putting his and his wife Sue’s entire retirement at risk. ....

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Iowa COVID-19: Nurses help coronavirus patients and their families


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Inside COVID s Siege Part 5
I couldn t be pulled away : Young nurses hold phones and hands on an Iowa COVID-19 floor
Amanda Baetsle s shift was over. But Louis Luiken was fading faster than his family could get to the hospital. So she gowned up and grabbed a phone.
Courtney Crowder, Des Moines Register
Published
2:15 pm UTC Mar. 7, 2021
Editor s note: Over the past few months, Mary Greeley Medical Center opened its doors to the Des Moines Register, allowing us to tell stories of dedication, sacrifice, exhaustion, loss, pain and joy from inside the hospital. Read the series from the beginning here.  ....

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