Methodist leaders would rather break up entire church than accept marriage equality or LGBTQ+ clergy
, Church leadership has decided to break into two separate denominations as a solution to their internal debate on same-sex marriage. The newer denomination of the United Methodist Church, reports the, will hold onto “traditional” values and will not allow same-sex marriage or the ordination of any LGBTQ member of the clergy.
The split will be voted on in May during the Methodists’ worldwide conference, and should it be approved, the “traditional” denomination will not get any of the good stuff when they leave, like physical church buildings or the family dog. Writers of the planthat it would be “the best means to resolve our differences, allowing each part of the Church to remain true to its theological understanding while recognizing the dignity, equality, integrity, and respect of every person.
While it might seem that the new traditional Church won’t be getting much from this divorce, the agreement between the two denominations pledges $25 million for the traditionalists after the break. It feels very appropriate at this moment to ask all sides of the Church to open their expensive leather-bound gold-lined bibles to Mark 10:25, which clearly states, “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
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