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intheflow

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24. That's about when the UMC formally reiterated their rejection of gay & lesbian clergy.

Sun Nov 28, 2021, 09:58 PM

Nov 2021

They claimed it was an okay sexuality for their congregations, but not for ministerial leadership. I was at a Methodist seminary at the time, and I can't tell you how many fantastic spiritual leaders they lost in the exodus to other, accepting denominations. BIG loss for the Methodists with that doubling-down on bigotry bullshit.

(By the by, I went to a Methodist seminary even though I'm not a Methodist. That school is known as the leftest-wing of their seminaries, so much so that the UMC has tried to shut them down a couple times. Their Peace Studies program is phenomenal.)

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Sorry, DENVERPOPS Nov 2021 #23

That's about when the UMC formally reiterated their rejection of gay & lesbian clergy. intheflow Nov 2021 #24

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