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NEWS STORY: Methodist bishops break ranks on ordaining gays

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c. 1996 Religion News Service (RNS)-Declaring that it is"time to break the silence,"15 United Methodist bishops have called on their 8.6 million-member denomination to allow the church to ordain homosexuals to the ministry. But the dissenting bishops pledged they wou...

Topics: Faith, Leaders & Institutions
Beliefs: Christian - Catholic, Christian - Orthodox, Christian - Protestant, Freethought (Atheist, Humanist, Agnostic)

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