United Methodists repeal ban on LGBTQ clergy | Peter Smith

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina—United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on May 1, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from being ordained or appointed as ministers. Delegates voted 692-51 at their General Conference—the first such legislative gathering in five years. That overwhelming margin contrasts sharply…

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