[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. Then comes the mass exodus of conservatives (what's left of them) from the UMC.

[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.

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.