Methodists march in support of homosexuality

[Ediacara]

Methodists march in support of homosexuality

By RACHEL ZOLL, AP Religion Writer
Last Updated 6:08 am PDT Tuesday, May 4, 2004

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Methodists who seek broader acceptance of gays marched together to the church's national meeting Tuesday, then dropped to their knees in prayer as delegates arrived for a day of voting.

The nearly 200 congregants and clergy, wearing the colorful stoles that are a symbol of their movement, lined up one-by-one along the entrance to the building where the United Methodist General Conference is being held.

They had little expectation that they could ease their denomination's prohibitions on gay sex. Delegates have voted consistently over the years that the Bible condemns homosexuality.

But the protesters said they wanted to remind delegates of the many gays who belong to their 8.3 million-member church.

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[mzmolly]

1. Good for them!!!

:toast:

[kitkatrose]

2. That's nice

Thank you, I really needed some good news today. :(