Methodists strengthen stance against gay marriage and openly LGBT clergy

The United Methodist Church has voted to reject a proposal to allow local churches to perform same-sex weddings and hire openly LGBT clergy

Church leaders say the move will almost surely lead more liberal members to leave the mainline denomination.The vote for the"Traditional" plan came after the church voted to reject an earlier proposal, known as the"One Church" plan, which would have allowed local churches to perform same-sex weddings and hire openly LGBT clergy.

""Surely you don't want to be united with me if I am as mean and unloving as you say," she said."You will not stop trying to make me fit your idea of a loving person."The General Conference took an unusual turn later Tuesday afternoon when Carlene Fogle-Miller, a young delegate from Florida, proposed an investigation into"vote buying" at the conference. The proposal to send the matter to the church's ethics committee passed 417-388.

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