The United Methodist Church, the second-largest Protestant denomination in the United States with more than 12 million members, is on the verge of splitting up over the question of whether or not to embrace bigotry.
You would think that would be an easy thing to resolve… but this is religion. Jesus can help people justify all kinds of atrocities, including the dehumanization of other human beings. That's what this is all about.
Given the option of allowing individual churches to ordain LGBTQ members and perform same-sex marriages, a majority of UMC delegates formally rejected that “One Church Plan” while voting in favor of a different one that rejects LGBTQ inclusion altogether.
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