Schaefer, who pastors a church in Lebanon, Pa., said he plans to appeal the decision.
The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Board of Ordained Ministry had no choice, Bishop Peggy A. Johnson said in a statement. A two-day church trial last month found Schaefer guilty of violating church law by performing the 2007 same-sex wedding of his son.
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Three of his four children are gay. He’s been a Methodist minister for a very long time. The Book of Discipline contained the same language when he took his vows, and now he decides they violate God’s plan. Once again, we hear someone accusing us of not “loving and accepting” homosexuals. It really has not been the case, although it is becoming pretty difficult to feel love for them, when they seem to be tearing apart denominations one at a time. I really wish they would start another denomination, and seek a gracious dismissal.