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A Methodist clergy jury unanimously ruled that a lesbian minister can continue to be a minister and remain in a homosexual relationship
"We, the trial court, do not find the evidence presented by the church counsel to be clear and convincing that Karen Dammann has engaged in any 'practices declared by the United Methodist Church to be incompatible with Christian teachings,"'
the church had argued that it also "regards the practice of homosexuality as incompatible with Christian teachings."
Buh? Regardless of your beliefs on the subject, isn't that totally contradictory? They rule that she can be a minister while in a lesbian relationship, because nothing she's done violates the teachings of the Methodist church, and yet the Methodist church teaches that homosexuality is incompatable with Christian teachings. Something's wrong with this picture...
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Unless they're saying that lesbians aren't homosexuals. Or something.
And "buh" is mine. Find your own expression of confusion.
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-------------------- Yes, you're despicable, and... and picable... and... and you're definitely, definitely despicable. How a person can get so despicable in one lifetime is beyond me. It isn't as though I haven't met a lot of people. Goodness knows it isn't that. It isn't just that... it isn't... it's... it's despicable.
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The 'had' could also refer to the past occasions that they did so, but they were not argueing about it now, not that they have changed their minds....
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