#UnitedMethodistChurch lifts 40-year #ban on #LGBTQ+ #clergy, #samesexmarriage. ‘We no longer say #being #gay is a #sin’

The #UMC #GeneralConference in #NorthCarolina with a #historic 692-51 #vote #repealed their #ban on #LGBTQ #clergy and on #UMC #pastors #officiating at #samesexweddings.

Most opposition to #LGBTQ+ #rights in the #UnitedStates still emanates from #Christian #pulpits.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Spirituality #Religion #Progress

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/02/united-methodist-church-lifts-40-year-ban-on-lgbtq-clergy-we-no-longer-say-being-gay-is-a-sin/

#Politics thrives in #NorthDakota's #pulpits.

A #Bismarck #church reflecting a move toward #Christiannationalism (#Fascism) among #American #evangelicals, navigates #political #ties and #congregants' #unease with #farright #politics.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Misogyny #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.jamestownsun.com/opinion/columns/port-politics-from-the-pulpit-is-alive-and-well-in-north-dakota-church

Word Search Puzzle 484

Word List : #shikaree #mildful #pulpits #imbondo #cundum #coseiest #alfuro #dissert #cadamba #shapy #slicht #alares #shutoku #flakers #simsim #seapiece #zippers #privies

http://karafinance.com/2024/02/27/word-search-puzzle-484/

The Evangelicals Calling for War on Poor People: A new, antisocial strain of the prosperity gospel is making its way into pulpits and breeding new hostility toward the least fortunate Americans.

https://newrepublic.com/article/176117/prosperity-gospel-christian-war-poor

#ProsperityGospel #Christian #WarOnPoorPeople #Pulpits #Hostility #LeastFortunateAmericans #Politics #News

The #Evangelicals Calling for #War on #Poor #People.

A new, #antisocial #strain of the #prosperitygospel is making its way into #pulpits and #breeding new #hostility toward the least fortunate #Americans.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #EmptyThePews #ThePartyOfHate

https://newrepublic.com/article/176117/prosperity-gospel-christian-war-poor