Methodist panel finds gay Osceola, Wis., pastor guilty of marrying lesbians

Associated Press ^ | 06/22/2011 09:43:12 PM CDT | Associated Press

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Methodist pastors who have defied a church ban on marrying gays were dealt a setback Wednesday when clergy members hearing a church trial found a colleague from Osceola, Wis., guilty of marrying a lesbian couple in 2009.

The 13-person jury of clergy members unanimously convicted the Rev. Amy DeLong. They found the 44-year-old not guilty of a second charge of being a "self-avowed practicing homosexual." That vote was 12-1.

After the verdicts were announced in Kaukauna, Wis., church officials heard a second round of testimony to help jurors recommend a penalty that could range from suspension to defrocking. Their decision was expected to be announced this Thursday morning.

The Rev. Tom Lambrecht, the Greenville pastor who conducted the prosecution, called the conviction "a just verdict."

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"DeLong said she told her supervisors years ago that she was in a lesbian relationship and felt comforted by the support and caring she received in response."

Given an inch ... a mile is taken every time. That's human nature and why the Church must hold itself to a higher standard.

[SoConPubbie]

Methodist pastors who have defied a church ban on marrying gays were dealt a setback Wednesday when clergy members hearing a church trial found a colleague from Osceola, Wis., guilty of marrying a lesbian couple in 2009.

If John Wesley were alive, we'd be seeing multiple "Jesus cleansing the Temple with whips" scenarios.

I can only imagined how angry he would be to see what his church has been turned into.

[tenger]

That’s not a headline you would have seen 30 years ago. My, how far have we drifted.

[Bobalu]

Methodist panel finds gay Osceola, Wis., pastor guilty of marrying lesbians

What does a gay guy need a lesbian wife for?

Who writes these headlines?!

[Dilbert San Diego]

Well, it’s crazy, I know. But, the term “gay” can mean either male or female. In this story, since the pastor is female, she was the gay pastor. It would have been clearer if they labeled her as lesbian.

But I do get confused when we get into the trans-whatever categories, and I honestly don’t want to know who these people are and what they do. I’ve heard that some have had operations to cut off certain things, and some dress like they are of the oppposite sex, but still have body part intact. I really don’t want to hear about all of that.

Some subjects in the LGBT community should be left in a closet.

[television is just wrong]

so then who is the husband, who is the wife,??? I have a lesbian sister inlaw who is ‘married’ to her lover, they trade off who has the male organ depending on what holiday it is.

their lifestyle is gross, and weird. I cannot understand it. other than it is pure perversion.

[MEGoody]

DeLong said she told her supervisors years ago that she was in a lesbian relationship

Then how could they possible not find her guilty of being a "self-avowed, practicing homosexual"?

[MEGoody]

so then who is the husband, who is the wife,???

It's amazing, but in every lesbian relationship I've observed over any period of time, there is always a "man" and a "woman". I've never once seen a lesbian relationship like the one portrayed on Friends where both women were feminine.

[so_real]

DGQ (darn good question)

[television is just wrong]

yes they switch off

who is the man or woman