Thread by @frodofied

Know this. The @UMChurch just fell under the weight of bigotry, and based upon a small handful of biblical verses that can be interpreted in different ways. Christ himself never spoke a word about homosexuality. And he never sent any away from himself.

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Methodism died by hands of less than 900 delegates.

The Council of Bishops and those who did the study on which this vote was based had endorsed the One Church Plan, which would have allowed all to stay. That was rejected.

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To the female pastors who supported the Traditional Plan: be very ashamed.

There are 100 times more proscriptions against women in the Bible than against #LGBTQ participants.

When you are defrocked in the coming years you will have your own votes to thank.

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I am utterly dumbfounded by this decision and was sure it would not actually happen.

This is a validation of Trumpian values and I reject it outright.

No words.

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It should be noted that, assuming the vote was reflective of the entire church body, that while the majority of delegates voted for the Traditional Plan, it was not an overwhelming nor, for me, an entirely convincing majority. Only 53% wanted this.

47% rejected it.

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