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  2. Homosexuality and Methodism - Wikipedia

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    [126] [127] [128] However, on 25 April 2017, "In a 6-to-3 vote, the United Methodist Church’s highest court ruled that a married lesbian bishop, and those who consecrated her, had violated church law on marriage and homosexuality"; [129] the United Methodist Church held that she "is in violation of a church law barring the ordination of 'self ...

  3. List of Christian denominational positions on homosexuality

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    On Marriage: In 2014, the Presbyterian Church (USA) voted to change its definition of marriage, allowing its pastors to officiate same-sex marriages wherever gay marriage is legal. In addition, by a vote of 429–175, leaders of the 1.76 million-member Church voted during the biennial General Assembly in Detroit to change the denomination's ...

  4. The first legally-recognized same-sex marriage occurred in Minneapolis, [3] Minnesota, in 1971. [4] On June 26, 2015, in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court overturned Baker v. Nelson and ruled that marriage is a fundamental right guaranteed to all citizens, and thus legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

  5. Local church leaves United Methodist denomination over ... - AOL

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    In 2018, at the United Methodist Church General Conference, leaders rejected the One Church Plan, which would have eased restrictions on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex marriages.

  6. Jimmy Creech - Wikipedia

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    Afterward, Creech became a founding member of the North Carolina Religious Coalition for Marriage Equality, an interfaith same-sex marriage advocacy group, [5] [6] co-author of the Dallas Principles, [7] was a participant in the Marriage Equality Express, and became Board Chairman of the North Carolina Social Justice Project, [8] a progressive policy and advocacy organization dedicated to ...

  7. United Methodist Church - Wikipedia

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    According to polling from Pew Research, the majority of United Methodists in the US support the inclusion of homosexual persons, 60 percent of United Methodists said "homosexuality should be accepted by society", and 40 percent supported same-sex marriage. [132] The United Methodist Church previously prohibited same-sex unions. [133]

  8. Global Methodist Church - Wikipedia

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    Not wanting to wait for the General Conference to occur, some conservative United Methodist congregations left the United Methodist Church to become a part of the Free Methodist Church. [35] [36] The denomination launched on May 1, 2022. On 6-7 May 2022, leaders and delegates of the Wesleyan Covenant Association met in Avon, Indiana. [37]

  9. Jordana Brewster Files for Divorce From Husband Andrew Form ...

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    Jordana Brewster and Andrew Form are going their separate ways. The couple has split after 13 years of marriage. According to court docs obtained by ET, Brewster lists the date of separation as ...