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Following the merger creating the United Methodist Church in 1968, the first United Methodist clergy to be defrocked due to being homosexual was [[Gene Leggett]], in 1971. |
Following the merger creating the United Methodist Church in 1968, the first United Methodist clergy to be defrocked due to being homosexual was [[Gene Leggett]], in 1971. |
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In 1972 the [[United Methodist Church]] added language to its ''[[Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church]]'' that "homosexual persons no less than heterosexual persons are individuals of sacred worth."<ref name="UMC - Sexuality">{{cite web|url=http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?mid=1728|title=Human Sexuality|publisher=The United Methodist Church|access-date=2008-05-16}}</ref> The originally proposed statement ended there; however, this phrase struggled to pass. Don Hand, a delegate from Southwest Texas, suggested that the period be turned into a comma followed by the phrase "though we do not condone the practice of homosexuality and consider this practice incompatible with Christian doctrine," which passed with only the change of the word doctrine to the word teaching.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sledge|first=Robert W.|date=April 2017|title=The Saddest Day: Gene Leggett and the Origins of the Incompatible Clause|url=http://archives.gcah.org/bitstream/handle/10516/9938/Methodist-History-2017-04-Sledge.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|journal=Methodist History|volume=55|issue=3|pages=145–179 |doi=10.5325/methodisthist.55.3.0145 |s2cid=125439375 }}</ref> In 2024 this statement was removed from the Church’s teachings.<ref> |
In 1972 the [[United Methodist Church]] added language to its ''[[Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church]]'' that "homosexual persons no less than heterosexual persons are individuals of sacred worth."<ref name="UMC - Sexuality">{{cite web|url=http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?mid=1728|title=Human Sexuality|publisher=The United Methodist Church|access-date=2008-05-16}}</ref> The originally proposed statement ended there; however, this phrase struggled to pass. Don Hand, a delegate from Southwest Texas, suggested that the period be turned into a comma followed by the phrase "though we do not condone the practice of homosexuality and consider this practice incompatible with Christian doctrine," which passed with only the change of the word doctrine to the word teaching.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sledge|first=Robert W.|date=April 2017|title=The Saddest Day: Gene Leggett and the Origins of the Incompatible Clause|url=http://archives.gcah.org/bitstream/handle/10516/9938/Methodist-History-2017-04-Sledge.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|journal=Methodist History|volume=55|issue=3|pages=145–179 |doi=10.5325/methodisthist.55.3.0145 |s2cid=125439375 }}</ref> In 2024 this statement was removed from the Church’s teachings.<ref>https://apnews.com/article/methodists-lgbtq-samesex-marriage-gay-rights-e3a7677a3b025b07211153179727c255</ref> |
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In 1982, [[Julian Rush]] was assigned by Bishop [[Melvin E. Wheatley]] to a church in Denver as an openly gay man. Wheatley was accused of heresy for making the appointment, but survived the controversy.<ref name="Wheatley-Obit">{{cite news |author-last1=Woo |author-first1=Elran |date=15 March 2009 |orig-date= |title=Melvin E. Wheatley dies at 93; Methodist bishop caused a stir by appointing gay pastor |script-title= |trans-title= |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-mar-15-me-melvin-wheatley15-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |type= |series= |language= |volume= |issue= |edition= |location=Los Angeles, California |publisher= |publication-date= |agency= |page= |pages= |at= |no-pp= |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi= |isbn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |osti= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=9 March 2024 |via= |url-access=subscription |quote=In 1980 he broke with fellow bishops when he refused to support their joint statement calling homosexuality “incompatible with Christian teaching.” Two years later, he appointed an openly gay pastor, the Rev. Julian Rush, to a Denver church and was accused of heresy but was absolved by a national church panel.}}</ref> |
In 1982, [[Julian Rush]] was assigned by Bishop [[Melvin E. Wheatley]] to a church in Denver as an openly gay man. Wheatley was accused of heresy for making the appointment, but survived the controversy.<ref name="Wheatley-Obit">{{cite news |author-last1=Woo |author-first1=Elran |date=15 March 2009 |orig-date= |title=Melvin E. Wheatley dies at 93; Methodist bishop caused a stir by appointing gay pastor |script-title= |trans-title= |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-mar-15-me-melvin-wheatley15-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |type= |series= |language= |volume= |issue= |edition= |location=Los Angeles, California |publisher= |publication-date= |agency= |page= |pages= |at= |no-pp= |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi= |isbn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |osti= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=9 March 2024 |via= |url-access=subscription |quote=In 1980 he broke with fellow bishops when he refused to support their joint statement calling homosexuality “incompatible with Christian teaching.” Two years later, he appointed an openly gay pastor, the Rev. Julian Rush, to a Denver church and was accused of heresy but was absolved by a national church panel.}}</ref> |
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The Church supports "…laws in civil society that define marriage as the union of one man and one woman."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=5066287&ct=6467513¬oc=1 |title=Marriage |website=The people of The United Methodist Church |publisher=United Methodist Church |access-date=July 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718005817/http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=5066287&ct=6467513¬oc=1 |archive-date=July 18, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="UMC—Homosexuality">{{cite web|url=http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?mid=1324|title=What is the denomination's position on homosexuality?|publisher=The United Methodist Church|access-date=June 24, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 6, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060406133903/http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?mid=1324}}</ref><ref name="BOD-sp">''Book of Discipline 2008'', "Social Principles, ¶161.B "</ref> |
The Church supports "…laws in civil society that define marriage as the union of one man and one woman."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=5066287&ct=6467513¬oc=1 |title=Marriage |website=The people of The United Methodist Church |publisher=United Methodist Church |access-date=July 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718005817/http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=5066287&ct=6467513¬oc=1 |archive-date=July 18, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="UMC—Homosexuality">{{cite web|url=http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?mid=1324|title=What is the denomination's position on homosexuality?|publisher=The United Methodist Church|access-date=June 24, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 6, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060406133903/http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?mid=1324}}</ref><ref name="BOD-sp">''Book of Discipline 2008'', "Social Principles, ¶161.B "</ref> |
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Based on its teaching, the United Methodist Church previously officially prohibited the [[Blessing of same-sex unions in Christian churches|blessing of weddings]] of same-sex couples by its clergy and in its [[Church (building)|churches]].<ref name="UMC - Homosexuality">{{cite web|title=What is the denomination's position on homosexuality?|url=http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?mid=1324|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209051506/http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?mid=1324|archive-date=2012-12-09|access-date=2008-05-16|publisher=The United Methodist Church}}</ref> As officiating at a same-sex wedding was potentially a chargeable offense, numerous ministers were put on trial and many [[defrocked]].<ref name="UMC - Chargeable Offenses">{{cite web|url=http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=3&mid=5711 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416065428/http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=3&mid=5711 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-04-16 |title=¶ 2702. Chargeable Offenses and the Statute of Limitations |publisher=The United Methodist Church |access-date=2008-05-16 }}</ref> [[Frank Schaefer (minister)|Frank Schaefer]] was defrocked and penalized because in 2007 he had officiated his son's same-sex wedding, but in 2014, he was re-instated as "the denomination's top court upheld a June decision by a regional appeals committee to reinstate Schaefer's ministerial credentials."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bloom |first=Linda |date=Oct 27, 2014 |title=Top court affirms Schaefer's reinstatement as clergy |url=http://www.umc.org/news-and-media/top-court-affirms-schaefers-reinstatement-as-clergy |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528211217/http://www.umc.org/news-and-media/top-court-affirms-schaefers-reinstatement-as-clergy |archive-date=May 28, 2016 |access-date=May 20, 2016 |work=UM News |publisher=The United Methodist Church}}</ref> The Rev. Val Roseqnuist and retired Bishop Melvin Talbert officiated a same-sex marriage in 2016 and reached a 'just resolution' regarding that, avoiding a church trial.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/living/religion/article100229657.html|title=Charlotte pastor who married same-sex couple will keep job, avoid church trial|access-date=2016-09-07}}</ref><ref> |
Based on its teaching, the United Methodist Church previously officially prohibited the [[Blessing of same-sex unions in Christian churches|blessing of weddings]] of same-sex couples by its clergy and in its [[Church (building)|churches]].<ref name="UMC - Homosexuality">{{cite web|title=What is the denomination's position on homosexuality?|url=http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?mid=1324|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209051506/http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?mid=1324|archive-date=2012-12-09|access-date=2008-05-16|publisher=The United Methodist Church}}</ref> As officiating at a same-sex wedding was potentially a chargeable offense, numerous ministers were put on trial and many [[defrocked]].<ref name="UMC - Chargeable Offenses">{{cite web|url=http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=3&mid=5711 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416065428/http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=3&mid=5711 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-04-16 |title=¶ 2702. Chargeable Offenses and the Statute of Limitations |publisher=The United Methodist Church |access-date=2008-05-16 }}</ref> [[Frank Schaefer (minister)|Frank Schaefer]] was defrocked and penalized because in 2007 he had officiated his son's same-sex wedding, but in 2014, he was re-instated as "the denomination's top court upheld a June decision by a regional appeals committee to reinstate Schaefer's ministerial credentials."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bloom |first=Linda |date=Oct 27, 2014 |title=Top court affirms Schaefer's reinstatement as clergy |url=http://www.umc.org/news-and-media/top-court-affirms-schaefers-reinstatement-as-clergy |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528211217/http://www.umc.org/news-and-media/top-court-affirms-schaefers-reinstatement-as-clergy |archive-date=May 28, 2016 |access-date=May 20, 2016 |work=UM News |publisher=The United Methodist Church}}</ref> The Rev. Val Roseqnuist and retired Bishop Melvin Talbert officiated a same-sex marriage in 2016 and reached a 'just resolution' regarding that, avoiding a church trial.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/living/religion/article100229657.html|title=Charlotte pastor who married same-sex couple will keep job, avoid church trial|access-date=2016-09-07}}</ref><ref>https://www.umnews.org/en/news/pastor-avoids-church-trial-in-same-sex-wedding</ref> |
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Clergy were previously officially prohibited from overseeing the vows or signing the union or marriage license for same-sex marriages, only allowed to offer the premarital counseling, prayers, and the homily at the wedding, and read the scriptures.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2019/03/29/us-methodist-leaders-lay-plans-resist-anti-gay-marriage-vote/|title=U.S. Methodist leaders lay plans to resist vote against same-sex marriage|last=Zauzmer|first=Julie|date=March 29, 2019|newspaper=Washington Post }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.flumc.org/newsdetail/931440|title=Bishop's statement on same-gender weddings|website=www.flumc.org|language=en|access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref> On April 30, 2008, at the [[General conference (United Methodist Church)|General Conference]], delegates adopted even more conservative language, stating that Christians are called to "responsible stewardship of this sacred gift" of sexuality and that "sexual relations are affirmed only within the covenant of monogamous, heterosexual marriage."<ref name="UMC - Calendar Item 1186">{{cite web|url=http://calms.umc.org/2008/Text.aspx?mode=Minority&Number=1186 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728142124/http://calms.umc.org/2008/Text.aspx?mode=Minority&Number=1186 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-28 |title=Calendar Item 1186 |publisher=The United Methodist Church |access-date=2008-05-16 }}</ref> Still, in 2015, the Connectional Table, a general agency of the UMC, proposed a localized option that would permit ministers to officiate same-sex weddings and conferences to ordain openly gay clergy; the Connectional Table, however, cannot legislate church law (a right reserved to the General Conference) and their suggestion was rejected by three-fourths of the delegates at the 2016 General Conference.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Connectional Table votes to submit legislation proposal related to homosexuality|url=http://www.umc.org/news-and-media/connectional-table-votes-to-submit-legislation-related-to-homosexuality|website=www.umc.org|publisher=United Methodist Church|access-date=November 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=UMC Connectional Table Solidifies Commitments to Exclusive Western Liberalism|last=Lomperis|first=John|date=20 December 2017|publisher=Juicy Ecumenism|language=en|access-date=18 June 2018|url=https://juicyecumenism.com/2017/12/20/umc-connectional-table-solidifies-commitments-exclusive-western-liberalism/}}</ref> |
Clergy were previously officially prohibited from overseeing the vows or signing the union or marriage license for same-sex marriages, only allowed to offer the premarital counseling, prayers, and the homily at the wedding, and read the scriptures.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2019/03/29/us-methodist-leaders-lay-plans-resist-anti-gay-marriage-vote/|title=U.S. Methodist leaders lay plans to resist vote against same-sex marriage|last=Zauzmer|first=Julie|date=March 29, 2019|newspaper=Washington Post }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.flumc.org/newsdetail/931440|title=Bishop's statement on same-gender weddings|website=www.flumc.org|language=en|access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref> On April 30, 2008, at the [[General conference (United Methodist Church)|General Conference]], delegates adopted even more conservative language, stating that Christians are called to "responsible stewardship of this sacred gift" of sexuality and that "sexual relations are affirmed only within the covenant of monogamous, heterosexual marriage."<ref name="UMC - Calendar Item 1186">{{cite web|url=http://calms.umc.org/2008/Text.aspx?mode=Minority&Number=1186 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728142124/http://calms.umc.org/2008/Text.aspx?mode=Minority&Number=1186 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-28 |title=Calendar Item 1186 |publisher=The United Methodist Church |access-date=2008-05-16 }}</ref> Still, in 2015, the Connectional Table, a general agency of the UMC, proposed a localized option that would permit ministers to officiate same-sex weddings and conferences to ordain openly gay clergy; the Connectional Table, however, cannot legislate church law (a right reserved to the General Conference) and their suggestion was rejected by three-fourths of the delegates at the 2016 General Conference.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Connectional Table votes to submit legislation proposal related to homosexuality|url=http://www.umc.org/news-and-media/connectional-table-votes-to-submit-legislation-related-to-homosexuality|website=www.umc.org|publisher=United Methodist Church|access-date=November 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=UMC Connectional Table Solidifies Commitments to Exclusive Western Liberalism|last=Lomperis|first=John|date=20 December 2017|publisher=Juicy Ecumenism|language=en|access-date=18 June 2018|url=https://juicyecumenism.com/2017/12/20/umc-connectional-table-solidifies-commitments-exclusive-western-liberalism/}}</ref> |
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