for those interested in an alternative viewpoint
My favourite thing is when people tell me "there's no side effecta of marijuana" and reminding potheads that Bob Marley died of lung cancer..........sure it started in his brain and his religious beliefs stopped him from getting treatment......but they don't know that.Well, it’s something. Doesn’t seem they plan on making it legal, but I guess it’s something at least.
Nice to see they've joined the British Methodist in this viewUnited Methodists repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy
The newly repealed rule prohibited “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from being ordained or appointed as ministers.www.nbcnews.com
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from being ordained or appointed as ministers.
Delegates voted 692-51 at their General Conference — the first such legislative gathering in five years. That overwhelming margin contrasts sharply with the decades of controversy around the issue. Past General Conferences of the United Methodist Church had steadily reinforced the ban and related penalties amid debate and protests, but many of the conservatives who had previously upheld the ban have left the denomination in recent years, and this General Conference has moved in a solidly progressive direction.