United Methodists Eliminate Anti-LGBTQ Policies

Decades of battle, schism, heartache, and a win for inclusion within the church

Foreground: Rev. David Meredith, an openly gay UMC minister who has faced church trials and so-called traditionalists’ efforts to purge the denomination of queer clergy, looks on as votes for inclusion are totaled. PHOTO CREDIT: Reconciling Ministries Network

Last week, United Methodist Church (UMC) delegates voted to repeal the denomination’s prohibition against LGBTQ clergy, the ban on clergy performing same-sex weddings, and removed 52-year-old language that called “the practice of homosexuality……