https://freerepublic.com/tag/churchtrial/ en-us Thu, 15 Jan 2004 02:15:16 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1058161/posts Lesbian clergywoman will face church trial -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From "NewsDesk" Date Wed, 14 Jan 2004 19:16:06 -0600 Jan. 14, 2004 News media contact: Tim Tanton7(615)742-54707Nashville, Tenn. 7 E-mail: newsdesk@umcom.org 7 ALL-BLGT{012} By United Methodist News Service A Washington state clergywoman will face a United Methodist church trial for disclosing that she is living in a "covenanted homosexual relationship." The Rev. Karen Dammann, pastor of First United Methodist Church of Ellensburg, made the disclosure to her bishop, Elias Galvan, in 2001. The United Methodist Book of Discipline bars "self-avowed practicing homosexuals" from being ordained or serving as clergy. The book also... wfn.org https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1058161/posts#comment Thu, 15 Jan 2004 02:15:16 GMT