Methodist Pastor Who Wedded Gay Son Won't Be Ex-Communicated - Church

[jchima]

A Methodist pastor, Frank Schaefer, who was punished for officiating the wedding of his gay son will be allowed to remain an ordained minister.
This ruling came on Monday from the Judicial Council of the nation’s second-largest Protestant denomination that a Pennsylvania church jury was wrong to defrock Frank Schaefer last year after he would not promise never to perform another gay marriage.

Source: Methodist Pastor Who Wedded Gay Son Won t Be Ex-Communicated - Church - eReporter

 

[UllysesS.Archer]

The story is moot.

If no one comes to the minister's church, then he has no church. It does not matter one bit what anyone rules. Just what his parishioner's choose to do.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

There's no explicit prohibition against gay marriage in the Bible. Homosexuality's a sin to be sure, but so's adultery and adulterers get married all the time.

 

[LittleNipper]

There's no explicit prohibition against gay marriage in the Bible. Homosexuality's a sin to be sure, but so's adultery and adulterers get married all the time.

Marriage is a blessing from God. God does not and has never blessed the coupling of two people of the same sex. Those that choose to distort and corrupt the institution of marriage, do so at their own peril. One could argue that there is no Biblical prohibition against a man being married to a dog. However, no one could honestly argue that such was ever the intent of God.