IRD: Sexually Liberal United Methodist Bishops Represent the Past

[Shana A]

IRD: Sexually Liberal United Methodist Bishops Represent the Past
"United Methodism's future will be international, theologically orthodox, and focused on evangelism, not on the fads of declining liberal Protestantism in the U.S." -- Mark Tooley, IRD President

Jeff Walton, Institute on Religion & Democracy

http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/971616225.html

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- Thirty-three retired United Methodist bishops are calling on The United Methodist Church to remove its ban on actively homosexual clergy and to affirm "transgendered persons" without defining the fluid term for gender identity.

United Methodism officially affirms sex only within heterosexual marriage and calls clergy to monogamy if married and celibacy if single. However, these retired bishops portray this historic Christian stance as equal to racism. The 33 signers represent nearly 40 percent of the denomination's 85 retired bishops.

[tekla]

Oh pretty much Methodism, and Christianity in general represent the past.

[Vicky]

OK, now how many of the people they have "lost" have died of old age without ever knowing or caring if someone was gay??