NotMAGA
Loc: Upstate NY - in a very red county
667 to 54 to delete mandatory penalties for conducting same-sex marriages and to remove [UMC] bans on considering L***Q candidates for ministry and on funding for gay-friendly ministries."
But they still haven't v**ed on the main items of contention that created the penalties that were just aboliished:
"Still to come later this week are v**es on the core of the bans on L***Q clergy and same-sex marriage in church law and policy, which may draw more debate. However, the large majority achieved by Tuesday’s v**es indicate the tenor of the General Conference. The consensus was so overwhelming that these items were rolled into the legislative “consent calendar,” normally reserved for non-controversial measures."
https://apnews.com/article/united-methodist-church-l***q-policies-general-conference-fa9a335a74bdd58d138163401cd51b54
NotMAGA wrote:
667 to 54 to delete mandatory penalties for conducting same-sex marriages and to remove [UMC] bans on considering L***Q candidates for ministry and on funding for gay-friendly ministries."
But they still haven't v**ed on the main items of contention that created the penalties that were just aboliished:
"Still to come later this week are v**es on the core of the bans on L***Q clergy and same-sex marriage in church law and policy, which may draw more debate. However, the large majority achieved by Tuesday’s v**es indicate the tenor of the General Conference. The consensus was so overwhelming that these items were rolled into the legislative “consent calendar,” normally reserved for non-controversial measures."
https://apnews.com/article/united-methodist-church-l***q-policies-general-conference-fa9a335a74bdd58d138163401cd51b54667 to 54 to delete mandatory penalties for conduc... (
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That’s good news. I bet “padre” Mike is spitting bullets. 😄
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