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United Methodist Church defrocked reinstated Beth Stroud
Religion

A Methodist pastor was defrocked 20 years ago for being gay. She's finally been reinstated

Beth Stroud said her "whole life would have been different" had she not been removed from her position in the church.

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Gay ministers come out, criticize Methodist Church for homophobia

A week before the United Methodist Church's Judicial Council is set to meet, 75 gay ministers have outed themselves in a letter, stating that the church's "current policy of homophobia" hurts not just gay clergy but the church itself.

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Methodist ministers come out against church homophobia

Read the complete letter issued by 75 gay Methodist ministers calling on a church council to end decades of antigay policies.