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This is a huge moment for the United Methodist Church. Today, the denomination voted to toughen its teachings against homosexuality, same-sex marriage, and LGBT clergy. But this fight is about more than that. /1
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Christians and pastors are debating about what they see as the role of the Bible and biblical interpretation: Conservatives claim they are deferring to scripture, but LGBT-supporting pastors say they're also following Jesus's teachings.
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To me, this is a reminder that same-sex marriage and LGBT issues are far from being resolved in the United States. Communities--especially diverse communities that try to bring people with difference together--are struggling fiercely. /3
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I recently wrote about Americans living in bubbles.
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The UMC vote against LGBT inclusion, and the protests and departures that will surely come, illustrates just how hard it is for Americans of difference to be in community. /4
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Emma Green
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A dispatch from the universe that is *not* being covered on Kavanaugh... I talked to roughly a dozen conservative women activists who are spitting mad about what's happening to Brett Kavanaugh:
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I'll share some of the quotes from these conservative activists here:

“Honestly, I don’t think I have ever been so angry in all of my adult life."

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From a GOP leader in West Virginia:

“I’ve got women in my church who were not politically active at all who were incensed with this."

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Emma Green
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A few observations from Jerusalem today, where I watched the jubilant festivities around the U.S. embassy opening while watching reports of intense violence in Gaza: [1/x]
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1. The Jerusalem embassy opening is just one more entry into a week--a lifetime--of wrestling over the narrative of Israel, and of this city. [2/x]
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2. Israelis don't care that much. They had Yom Yerushalayim yesterday, the celebration of Jewish reentry into the Old City and other parts of Jerusalem in 1967. [3/x]
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