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I guess he was refrocked?
Pretty decent; this and the Presbyterian boycott of Israel restore some of my faith- so to speak- in Christianity.
Though I personally have no idea why one would want to be a religious leader of any kind.
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The Methodist and Presbyterian churches both have a special and very positive place in my personal history, so I am delighted that within the space of a week both bodies have made courageous decisions to reflect in their public actions some of the principles on which they profess to found their faith.
What a contrast with the LDS decision in the space of the same week rejecting and punishing dissent within their ranks.
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I think the higher-ups in many churches sense that this is a battle they won’t win. They want the collection box full of green, they join the 21st century.
The jury’s punishment was illegal under church law, the appeals panel
concluded, writing in its decision that “revoking his credentials cannot
be squared with the well-established principle that our clergy can only
be punished for what they have been convicted of doing in the past, not for what they may or may not do in the future.”
So if he performs another same-sex wedding, he gets suspended again? Seems like a very limited victory, at best.[quote=“system11111, post:1, topic:5941, full:true”]
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