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United Methodists remove anti-gay language from their official teachings on societal issues

  • The United Methodist delegates removed a 52-year-old declaration against homosexuality, marking a shift in the denomination's stance on LGBTQ activity.
  • The delegates approved a new definition of marriage as a covenant between "two people of faith," regardless of gender, replacing the previous heterosexual definition.
  • Rev. James Howell praised the new language for embracing everyone and emphasized the importance of inclusivity in discussing Jesus.
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United Methodists remove anti-gay language from their official teachings on societal issues

For the past 52 years, the United Methodist Church had officially declared “the practice of homosexuality ... incompatible with Christian teaching.” But that has ended now that church delegates removed

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United Methodists remove anti-gay language from their official teachings on societal issues

By PETER SMITH Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — United Methodist delegates on Thursday removed a 52-year-old declaration from their official social teachings that deemed “the practice of homosexuality … incompatible with Christian teaching” — part of a wider series of historic reversals of the denomination’s longstanding disapproval of LGBTQ activity. The historic vote came as delegates also approved a new definition of marriage as a cove…

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United Methodists remove anti-gay language from their official teachings on societal issues

By PETER SMITH Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — United Methodist delegates on Thursday removed a 52-year-old declaration from their official social teachings that deemed “the practice of homosexuality … incompatible with Christian teaching” — part of a wider series of historic reversals of the denomination’s longstanding disapproval of LGBTQ activity. The historic vote came as delegates also approved a new definition of marriage as a cove…

15 days ago·Idaho Falls, United States
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United Methodists remove anti-gay language from their official teachings on societal issues

By PETER SMITH Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — United Methodist delegates on Thursday removed a 52-year-old declaration from their official social teachings that deemed “the practice of homosexuality … incompatible with Christian teaching” — part of a wider series of historic reversals of the denomination’s longstanding disapproval of LGBTQ activity. The historic vote came as delegates also approved a new definition of marriage as a cove…

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United Methodists remove anti-gay language from their official teachings on societal issues

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- United Methodist delegates on Thursday removed a 52-year-old declaration from their official social teachings that deemed "the practice of homosexuality ... incompatible with Christian teaching" -- part of a wider series of historic reversals of the denomination's longstanding disapproval of LGBTQ activity.

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United Methodists remove anti-gay language from their official teachings on societal issues

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — United Methodist delegates on Thursday removed a 52-year-old declaration from their official social teachings that deemed “the practice of homosexuality ... incompatible with Christian teaching” —

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