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United Methodists lift 40-year ban on LGBTQ+ clergy, marking historic shift for the church
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 days agoPetitions such as removing the funding ban and prohibition on LGBTQ+ clergy received approval with...
United Methodists, at major conference, repeal their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy
WILX 10 Lansing· 2 days agoPast General Conferences of the United Methodist Church had steadily reinforced the ban and related...
North Texans react to United Methodist Church vote lifting ban on LGBTQ clergy
Dallas Morning News· 1 day agoDelegates voted 692-51 at their General Conference in Charlotte, N.C. It is the first such...
United Methodists prepare for votes on lifting LGBTQ bans and other issues at General Conference
Midland Reporter-Telegram· 4 days agoUnited Methodist delegates are heading into the homestretch of their first legislative gathering in...
S.C. Senate approves ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors
News 12 Augusta· 45 minutes agoThe South Carolina Senate approved a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors after...
United Methodist Church votes to lift bans on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex weddings
NPR· 1 day agoThe United Methodist Church, one of the largest U.S. Protestant denominations, voted to repeal its ban on LGBTQ clergy as well as prohibitions on its ministers from officiating same-sex weddings.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Adds Pronouns, Bathrooms, and Abortion Protections To Law...
Black Enterprise· 6 hours agoEmployers who refuse to use the preferred pronouns for transgender workers and ban them from using...
What Tulsi Gabbard’s journey says about Democrats’ fringe voter problem
Semafor via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoShe was outraged when Ed Case, the Democrat who easily beat Mike Gabbard, posed “offensive questions...
United Methodists overturn ban on LGBTQ+ clergy
The Week· 1 day agoThe United Methodist Church's quadrennial general conference voted 692-51 on Wednesday to repeal a 40-year-old ban on ordaining "self-avowed practicing...
UMC votes to allow gay clergy. How will Texas churches respond?
Houston Chronicle· 24 hours agoRobert Blain, a Houston public high school teacher, saw many friends leave the United Methodist...