THE WASHINGTON POST
By The Rev. Dr. Thomas W. Ogletree
WASHINGTON, DC---Recent events have put me at the center of a strange and troubling irony. Just as our nation is making steady progress toward embracing the rights of same-sex couples to marry, my own denomination, the United Methodist Church, continues to deny such rights to gay and lesbian persons, even within its own membership. As a United Methodist clergyman, however, I am now facing charges in a possible church trial because I performed a same-sex wedding in New York City, where such marriage are fully legal. [W]hen my son, Thomas Rimbey Ogletree, asked me to preside at his wedding to Nicholas William Haddad, I was deeply honored. Performing their wedding was one of the most meaningful ritual acts of my life. [link]
Thursday, 9 May 2013
Minister Disobeys Methodist Teaching on Same-Sex Marriage
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