May, 2006

UMC's Judiciary Upholds Anti-Gay Ruling

Submitted by crossandflame on Tue, 05/02/2006 - 12:00.

Last Fall, the United Methodist Church, in its highest court called the Judicial Council, issued a judgment that a pastor has the sole authority to keep a gay man from obtaining membership in the UMC. While those of you in congregational systems may ask why this is a problem, the UMC is a connectional system whereby pastors are accountable to other pastors and bishops and such. Hence, this ruling violates the systems of accountability in the name of homophobia.  read more »