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The United Methodist Church has issued an official response to the news that a regional body with over 1 million members left the denomination.

The fight to allow same-sex marriage and gay clergy has mirrored in many ways the broader fight for LGBTQ+ inclusion in civic life.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- United Methodist delegates on Friday repealed their churchs long-standing ban on the celebrations of same-sex marriages or unions by its clergy and in its churches.

The fight to allow same-sex marriage and gay clergy has defined much of the last half-century for major mainline Protestant denominations in the U.S., mirroring in many ways the broader fight for LGBTQ+ inclusion in civic life. The United Methodist Church, which stripped out its bans and related social teachings over the past two weeks, is the last of the major mainline church bodies to go through this process. April 1972 The United Methodist Church has first public debate on homosexuality at ...

The United Methodist Church, which stripped out its bans and related social teachings over the past two weeks, is the last of the major mainline church bodies to go through this process.

United Methodist delegates have repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate

The fight to allow same-sex marriage and gay clergy has defined much of the last half-century for major mainline Protestant denominations in the U.S. Within these theologically moderate-to-progressive Protestant groups,

The fight to allow same-sex marriage and gay clergy has defined much of the last half-century for major mainline Protestant denominations in the U.S. Within these theologically moderate-to-progressive Protestant groups,

The fight to allow same-sex marriage and gay clergy has defined much of the last half-century for major mainline Protestant denominations in the U.S. Within these theologically moderate-to-progressive Protestant groups,