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Methodists approve same-sex marriage benefits

May 1, 2014Layman1 same-sex benefits, Tom Lambrecht, UMC Judicial Council, United Methodists

By Lauren Markoe (RNS) Same-sex partners can’t marry in a United Methodist Church. But if one of the spouses works at one of the denomination’s 13 general agencies, the couple can get benefits if state laws allow it. The decision, made at last week’s meeting of the UMC’s Judicial Council in Little Rock, Ark., affirms…

Conservative Methodists upset by UMC bishop’s decision to drop church trial of pastor who officiated son’s gay wedding

March 14, 2014Layman1 gay wedding, Martin McLee, Thomas Ogletree, Tom Lambrecht, United Methodist Church

By Michael Gryboski Conservative members of the United Methodist Church have expressed disappointment over a bishop’s refusal to punish a clergyman who violated church rules by officiating his son’s gay wedding. The Rev. Dr. Thomas Ogletree, former dean of Yale Divinity School, officiated at the same-sex wedding of his son in 2012. A complaint was…

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Methodists approve same-sex marriage benefits

Conservative Methodists upset by UMC bishop’s decision to drop church trial of pastor who officiated son’s gay wedding