Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈May 1, 2024

#UnitedMethodist #GeneralConference #repeals #bans on #samesexmarriage, #ordaining #openly #LGBTQ #clergy.

The #change happened #quietly and without #controversy through a #procedural move.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Spirituality #Religion #Progress #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews

https://www.al.com/news/2024/05/united-methodist-general-conference-repeals-ban-on-same-sex-marriage-ordaining-openly-lgbtq-clergy.html

United Methodist General Conference repeals bans on same-sex marriage, ordaining openly LGBTQ clergy

Conservatives who left over the past two years - about a fourth of all United Methodist churches - cited this anticipated change as reason for their departure.

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Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Dec 15, 2023

One fourth of #UnitedMethodist #churches in #US have #left in #schism over #LGBTQ #ban. What happens now.

The vast major are #conservative-leaning #churches responding to what they see as the #UnitedMethodists’ #failure to #enforce #bans on #samesexmarriage and the #ordaining of #openly #LGBTQ #people.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews

https://apnews.com/article/congregations-leaving-united-methodist-church-lgbtq-bans-70b8c89ea49174597f4548c249bab24f

One fourth of United Methodist churches in the US have left in a schism over an LGBTQ ban. What happens now?

United Methodist churches had a five-year window to leave the denomination over disputes involving its bans on same-sex marriage and ordaining LGBTQ persons. That window closes Dec. 31, but results are in. One quarter of all United Methodist congregations in the U.S. have received permission to leave. That's more than 5,000 this year and more than 7,000 since 2019. The vast major are conservative-leaning churches responding to what they see as the United Methodists’ failure to enforce longstanding bans on same-sex marriage and the ordaining of openly LGBTQ persons. Many are joining the new, more conservative Global Methodist Church.

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