Mo. But LG t was fixing to lose. I think the foreign delegates were confused. Every other instance they wanted to move on and get it over with.
No
The vote to “take a vote” was close - only a few dozen votes. I guess the progressives, knowing they were going to lose, united with the middle of the roaders to table the issue.
Nothing was resolved. 100+ LGBT came out at the conference - some were clergy, some were laypeople. What’s going to be done about that? Many clergy have said they will conduct same sex marriages. What’s going to be done about that?
The progressives, may undertake civil disobedience as a last resort with the goal of driving out the conservatives and keeping all the spoils for themselves. And the spoils are considerable. The local UMC does not own its own property, the global UMC does.