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It was not a great day for the #LGBTQ community nor for their supporters and advocates at the #UMCGC2019 #gc2019.
The person I love most in the world is likely to have his life upended by whatever decision the delegates to the GC make.
This does not sit well.
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The person I love most in the world is likely to have his life upended by whatever decision the delegates to the GC make.
This does not sit well.
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I had held out hope that the African & South American Conference delegations would seek to move beyond mere provincialism and instead would try to hold the denomination as a whole to a different and higher standard. A standard the outside world would be encouraged to emulate.
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That has not happened. Nor have the American Conference delegations been able to break away from the tribalism that can infect smaller allied groups within larger ecumenical bodies.
Thus, coalitions that would seek to demand better of itself have not been formed.
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Thus, coalitions that would seek to demand better of itself have not been formed.
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