{"id":24956,"date":"2024-05-04T04:30:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T11:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=24956"},"modified":"2024-05-04T04:30:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T11:30:48","slug":"united-methodists-repeal-longstanding-ban-on-lgbtq-clergy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/united-methodists-repeal-longstanding-ban-on-lgbtq-clergy\/","title":{"rendered":"United Methodists repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) \u2014\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/united-methodist-church-lgbtq-policies-general-conference-fa9a335a74bdd58d138163401cd51b54\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">United Methodist<\/a><\/span>\u00a0delegates repealed their church\u2019s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding \u201cself-avowed practicing homosexuals\u201d from being ordained or appointed as ministers.<\/p>\n<p>Delegates voted 692-51 at their\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/united-methodists-schism-lgbtq-samesex-marriage-8b428597c86901b2d5886afeca5069c8\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">General Conference<\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u2014 the first such legislative gathering in five years. That overwhelming margin contrasts sharply with the decades of controversy around the issue. Past General Conferences of the United Methodist Church had steadily reinforced the ban and related penalties amid debate and protests, but many of the conservatives who had previously upheld the ban have left the denomination in recent years, and this General Conference has moved in a solidly progressive direction.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/united-methodist-lgbtq-clergy-general-conference-acabe18fe22b6838e3005ad8895534fa?taid=66324cb52fefcd00015a762d&amp;utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&amp;utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_source=Twitter\">apnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) \u2014\u00a0United Methodist\u00a0delegates repealed their church\u2019s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding \u201cself-avowed practicing homosexuals\u201d from being ordained or appointed as ministers. Delegates voted 692-51 at their\u00a0General Conference\u00a0\u2014 the first such legislative gathering in five years. 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