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Religion

500-Plus Alabama Methodists Apologize for Church's Anti-LGBTQ Stances

An official church body in the state has rejected the idea of an apology, but some Methodists are going ahead with their own.

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Religion

United Methodist Church Affirms Anti-LGBTQ Policies

The church's Judicial Council OK'd the retention of bans on gay clergy and same-sex marriages.

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Opinion

Methodist Vote Reminds Us to Fight All Forms of Oppression

While seeking to make faith communities LGBTQ-inclusive, we must also confront racism, misogyny, and other oppressive ideologies, writes Rev. M Barclay.

Leadership As A Gay Man In The United Methodist Church
Opinion

Methodist Leadership Doesn't Comprehend Gay People Can Be Spiritual

Andrew Ponder, active in the church since he was 14, on how the Methodist rejection of LGBTQ people stung him.

Methodists
Opinion

What’s a Non-United Methodist LGBTQ Person to Do?

After the denomination's leadership embraced bigotry, LGBTQ Methodists find themselves at a crossroads.

LGBTQ Methodists Reeling After Ban Upheld
Religion

LGBTQ Methodists Reeling After Ban Upheld

Church leaders return from a conference with apologies, frustrations to air in 'more exclusionary' denomination.

Rebecca Wilson
Religion

United Methodist Church Rejects Bid to Soften LGBTQ Ban

Delegates at a conference turned down another opportunity to include LGBTQ clergy and same-sex marriages.

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Crime

Florida Church Offers Pro-LGBTQ Message to Counter Vandalism

The church refused to clean up the vandal's words and instead framed them with love.

Jeff Sessions
Religion

Jeff Sessions's Immigration Policy Is Child Abuse, Say Methodists

More than 600 of Sessions's fellow United Methodists have signed a complaint accusing the attorney general of violating church law.

Bishop Bruce Ough
Religion

Methodist Bishops Back Choice on LGBT Clergy, Same-Sex Marriage

Bishops recommend that the church allow individual clergy members and regional bodies to decide on these policies.

Karen Oliveto
Religion

Methodist Court: Consecration of Lesbian Bishop Violated Church Law

The Judicial Council's ruling on the United Methodist Church's first lesbian bishop highlights the church's division on LGBT issues.

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