Posted on 11/19/2014 10:32:49 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Two homosexual men in North Carolina have filed a complaint against their United Methodist minister for refusing to “marry” them, stating that he has failed “to perform the work of the ministry.”
Scott Chappell and Kenneth Barner, who attend Green Street United Methodist Church in Winson-Salem, filed the complaint with the Western North Carolina Office of the United Methodist Church late last month, charging their leader, Kelly Carpenter (male), with discrimination.
“On October 26, 2014, we asked Carpenter to officiate at our wedding and he has refused to do so, citing church rules from the United Methodist Book of Discipline that forbids pastors from celebrating homosexual unions or performing same-sex wedding ceremonies,” the complaint reads. “Carpenter’s refusal to perform our wedding violates our rights as members of his church and my fiance and I wish to charge him for this offense.”
It further outlines that Chappell and Barner are “active members” of the congregation, and that Barner is “the current chair of the Leadership Council and often leads the praise and worship portion of the service.” The two became “engaged” during a Sunday service before the congregation.
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The next complaint: A 45-year-old man will complain they won’t marry him and his 13-year-old niece.
The “work of the ministry” would be to go through scripture with them, ask them if they’d like to repent and receive forgiveness, and continue to love and support them, assuming they chose to follow God.
And “But my dog Puddles, he gives me unconditional looooove!”
“Mandy, Zoey, and Kristina, I love them all!”
They want the “church” to force the Minister to do the service against his will?
“Rules”? We don’t need no stinkin’ rules!
EMBRACE BUTT PLUGS . . . OR ELSE!
I wanna marry my llama!
They are not believers, they planted themselves in this church only to do this.
Listen up, people: you don’t have rights in a church. You have grace.
He could always convert to Islam.
That already happened in NY. The judge said the state had to recognize it.
He is not allowed to marry them under the guidelines of the Book of Discipline of the UMC.
Bingo. Homosexuals don't really want marriage. They are influenced by Satan and seek to destroy Christian marriage.
” I wanna marry my llama!”
a REAL DOLLIE!
And so it begins with the churches!!! The lawsuits against the bakers, the florists, the caterers, the venues were just the warm-up to this! I used to try to practice tolerance but no longer.
I couldn’t find an email address, although they might have disabled it. But they do have a Facebook page, so if you have a message of support for Christianity, you can try over there.
WHO KNEW!?! They said this would never happen.
However, when gay thugs cross over into using government force to compel active participation in their perversion, I have no choice but to get involved. These people are evil and deserve whatever private or public consequences may arise from their bullying. I hope they will at the very least be shunned by all decent people, including boycotting their businesses (if any) or the business of their employers. This shocking infringement on our God-given right to freedom of religion should cost them everything they have. They have crossed a big red line, and no legal recourse would be excessive.
They were able to find Beelzebub to file the complaint with him?
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