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Title: CULTURE DIGEST: United Methodists approve transgender pastor; poll examines Bibl
Post by: Suzy on June 06, 2007, 08:36:48 PM
Baptist Press (http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/BPnews.asp?ID=25796)
by Erin Roach

Leaders in the United Methodist Church apparently have no problem with a transgender pastor leading one of their congregations, and in fact, they applauded the pastor's bravery in charting new territory within the denomination.
Title: Re: CULTURE DIGEST: United Methodists approve transgender pastor; poll examines Bibl
Post by: cindianna_jones on June 06, 2007, 09:01:09 PM
From the opposition:

"The God whom we worship knew us as male or female before He created us. Gender is not a choice but a reality,"

I wish I could use a colorful metaphor here.  He took the words right out of my mouth!  Too bad he doesn't understand what he said.

Cindi