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The vote by delegates to the United Methodist Church General Conference in Charlotte to overwhelmingly to repeal the church’s longstanding ban on ordaining LGBTQ clergy was met with varying reactions in Western Pennsylvania. The Rev. Dale Reese, who is pastor of United Methodist churches in New Kensington, Verona, Aspinwall and
How Religion and LGBTQ Rights Intersect in Media Coverage December 21, 2020, 8:56 am Getty/Win McNamee Then-Democratic presidential candidate and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg addresses a congregation while attending Sunday service at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, February 2020. Sam Hananel Introduction and summary The movement for LGBTQ rights in this country has gained widespread support among religious Americans of all sexual orientations and gender identities. Yet for too long, media narratives have painted a picture of secular LGBTQ rights activists posit...