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Methodists Vote To Retain Policies on Homosexuality

But some international delegates oppose denomination's anti-homophobia push.

Daniel Burke, Religion News Service | posted 5/01/2008 10:10AM

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"I think what it reflects is the crass manipulation of people to forward your own political agenda," Plummer said.

On Monday, those candidates lost. Delegates elected church moderates and liberals instead.

Related Elsewhere:

See Christianity Today's earlier coverage, "Methodist Restructuring May Empower Non-U.S. Churches — Or Silence Them"

Religion News Service previewed the conference with the article, "United Methodists to Debate Transgender Clergy."

United Methodist News Service, the Institute on Religion & Democracy, Good News, the Confessing Movement, and United Methodist Reporter are covering the general conference.

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romero

Posted: May 12, 2008 12:07 PM

We as christians have forgotten that we are living in a period of grace. God hates the sin not the sinner. The time of God's judgement has not arrived. We as christians are called to hate the sin but to love the sinner and brinning the sinner into the flock and santification, we are not called to be judge, jury, and executioner. Read the Bible and be educated or we will be judge for not giving compension to the sinner. Remember, " he that has no sin cast the first stone". The Bible clearly says, "...he that states that he is not a sinner is not truethful". Hate the sin not the sinner!

Marilyn

Posted: May 10, 2008 10:14 PM

This is so sad. We, as North Americans, have forgotten what the Gospel is all about. Every day the message gets a little more diluted, polluted and twisted; we pick and choose which parts of the Bible we like and dismiss anything that conflicts with how we want to live our lives. If every Christian who has fallen for the misinformation the gay lobbyists have crammed down our throats would go and visit one of those churches in Africa, or anywhere where the church lives under persecution or hardship, it might alter their perspective just a little. If just one gay man would step up and tell the truth about what the homosexual lifestyle actually entails, most people would be shocked and horrified and there would be no one--Christian or otherwise--who would consider it a 'normal' or 'acceptable' lifestyle. The Methodist conservatives have their work cut out for them.

Patricia

Posted: May 06, 2008 9:46 AM


Once again I am proud to be a United Methodist. Well done.

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