[Graewoulf]

Thank you for the detail in your reply.

I am concerned about facts, and thus your reply has revealed that it is a choice made at the local level, and that ALL Methodists are not pot smashers.

[Arkinsaw]

I am concerned about facts, and thus your reply has revealed that it is a choice made at the local level, and that ALL Methodists are not pot smashers.

You are correct, but still a portion of everything put into the collection plate at the local level heads to the top to fund things that those at the local level don't bother to find out what they are paying for. Ignorance is indeed an individual choice.

[daves_brother]

that it is a choice made at the local level

Ah, but there's the rub!  Even though your local Methodist church may not support the expressions in post 26, I would assume if your church is United Methodist, then a portion of your local church's tithes and other offerings go to the conference and the larger United Methodist Church.  By extension, your local dollars are financing the views expressed in Arkinsaw's post.

On the other hand, you will probably not find a denomination whose public proclamations you agree with completely, so if the United Methodists are most closely aligned to your faith and worldview, then perhaps that where you should be.