United Methodists repeal LGBTQ clergy ban

By Associated Press

May 03, 2024 12:03 am

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina: United Methodist delegates repealed their church's longstanding ban on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding 'self-avowed practicing homosexuals' from being ordained or appointed as ministers.

Delegates voted 692-51 at their General Conference, their first such legislative gathering in five years. That overwhelming margin contrasts sharply with the decades of controversy around the issue.

HOT-BUTTON ISSUE A convention goer wears a button supporting LGBTQ clergy at the United Methodist Church General Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. AP PHOTO

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