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United Methodist Bishop drops all charges..calls for end of “disciplining”..who perform gay weddings
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| March 10, 2014
| John Shore
Posted on 03/10/2014 12:24:11 PM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan
The UMC Discipline (2012 edition) reflects the latest vote, which was against gay "marriage" and against ordaining practicing homosexuals. BUT it means very little if not enforced. The bishop is defying the Discipline. But don't hold your breath waiting for action to be taken against him.
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posted on
03/11/2014 6:55:00 AM PDT
by
Genoa
(Starve the beast.)
To: thackney
Alas, the most likely outcome is that the vote in 2016 will reverse the vote in 2012 that continued the prohibition of same-sex "weddings" and ordinations of practicing homosexuals. Then comes the mass exodus of conservatives (what's left of them) from the UMC.
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posted on
03/11/2014 7:13:39 AM PDT
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Genoa
(Starve the beast.)
To: Genoa
Alas, the most likely outcome is that the vote in 2016 will reverse the vote in 2012 that continued the prohibition of same-sex "weddings" and ordinations of practicing homosexuals. I've heard that claim many times of many years. I don't see it happening. World wide, the UMC continues to grow stronger against it.
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posted on
03/11/2014 7:52:27 AM PDT
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thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: Genoa
I wonder if he’ll take up the Discipline if he finds a layman performing those marriages.
To: elpadre
I know. But a fish rots from the head.
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posted on
03/11/2014 9:28:33 AM PDT
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ZULU
(Si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: ZULU
but it is in those smaller city, rural churches who don’t follow the devil’s minions, who resist the wayward national leadership, you will find the conservative movement’s base. The mainline church I attend could probably be labeled the Republican Party at prayer, yet their national leaders are just the opposite. Similar churches in the area are somewhat the same as ours.
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posted on
03/11/2014 5:18:23 PM PDT
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elpadre
(AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
To: elpadre
Thank God for churches like yours.
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03/11/2014 6:27:03 PM PDT
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ZULU
(Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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