150 'queer' UMC clergy demand LGBT ordination
Approximately 150 “queer” clergy and clergy candidates in the United Methodist Church (UMC) are attempting to
forward the homosexual agenda inside its Mainline Protestant denomination by signing onto a letter that
demands its leaders recognize LGBT ordination – even though such a practice runs contrary to the biblical teaching on homosexuality.
On Monday morning, the United Methodist Queer Clergy Caucus (UMQCC) issued a letter to the UMC that
presses the denomination to be more inclusive of LGBT members inside the church.
Far-reaching motive
The push for more LGBT-friendly policies within the church is
geared to influence an upcoming decision over a controversial and divisive debate.
“The letter is partly in response to the upcoming trial of
openly gay Bishop Karen Oliveto before the denomination's highest court, the United Methodist Judicial Council,” The Christian Post (CP) reported.
With the fairly recent United States Supreme Court Decision legalizing same-sex “marriage” nationwide, LGBT activists within the UMC are now attempting to make the ordination issue
a civil rights matter in the name of tolerance and inclusion.
“Next week, the Judicial Council will determine whether Oliveto should no longer be bishop of the Mountain Sky Area region due to
being in a same-sex marriage,” CP’s Michael Gryboski announced.
In the joint statement to the church, the LGBT members
made clear their demand for the leadership and congregation to be forced to accept homosexuality and betray their deeply held Christian beliefs on human sexuality.
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