You're really overstepping yourself in your effort to promote the "gay" agenda.
There have been other articles on FR about this very incident, which I remember rather clearly. And in previous articles, the homosexual man in question did indeed present himself as a practicing homosexual. And if you actually read xzins' comment above, any avowed practitioner of sin is NOT qualified to become a member of the church.
Regarding the Methodist church policy and homosexuals, the man was still allowed to attend services as a lay person. The church doors weren't closed or barred to him.
You're accusing me of lying. Prove it.
"You're accusing me of lying. Prove it."
I just proved you're a liar. Go read the article. There's nothing to support your claim that the prospective member "made a point of letting the minister know he was an open, proud, practicing homosexual".
"Regarding the Methodist church policy and homosexuals, the man was still allowed to attend services as a lay person".
You don't even know what you're talking about. A "lay person" means a non-ordained member of the church. The pastor singled out this one homosexual in refusing him membership. By doing so, he violated the policy of his own church. Even the Catholic Church, which is the most anti-homosexual in its official teaching, does NOT deny membership to homosexuals.