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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-05 03:37 PM
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Lesbian Pastor Prepares For Trial
http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/10/102605methodist.htm

The highest legal body in the United Methodist Church on Thursday will consider whether to permanently remove a Philadelphia area pastor from the clergy for being in a lesbian relationship.

The United Methodist Church accepts gay and lesbian ministers as long as they are celibate. But when the Rev. Beth Stroud publicly announced her sexuality to her congregation two years ago and said that she was in a long-term relationship her bishop said he was forced to start the defrocking process.

Stroud was defrocked, Then last April a church appeal panel voted 8-1 to set aside the decision. (story)

Dissatisfied, Church conservatives appealed the case to the Judicial Council.

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