Methodists defrock lesbian minister
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The United Methodist Church yesterday defrocked a lesbian for violating the denomination&#39;s ban on actively homosexual clergy â-he first such decision by the church in 17 years.
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A report by the Anglican Church issued in London today calls on the Episcopal Church USA to apologize for appointing an openly gay bishop and to refain from promoting any other clergy living in a same-sex union.
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An Anglican church commission issued a stinging rebuke Monday to Episcopal Church leaders who consecrated an openly gay bishop by calling for an apology and a moratorium on similar actions in the future.
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LONDON -- A leader of African Anglicans who have been outraged by the appointment of a gay bishop in the United States blasted a church report on the dispute, saying yesterday that it should have pushed for US Episcopalians to repent.
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The decision to allow the ordination of gay rabbis and the celebration of same-sex commitment ceremonies was denounced by traditionalists in the movement.
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By DAN NEPHIN  PITTSBURGH - A Presbyterian minister has been charged with breaking church law for performing a marriage between two women.
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The presiding judge in the church trial of a Methodist minister who declared she is a lesbian in a committed relationship ruled Wednesday that the cleric&#39;s defense could not call witnesses who would challenge the denomination&#39;s ban on sexually active gay
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The U.S. Presbyterian Church has rebuked one of its ministers who describes herself as a "lesbian evangelist" for presiding over two gay weddings, officials said on Friday.
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The United Methodist Church defrocked the Reverend Irene Elizabeth Stroud for violating the denomination&#39;s ban on actively gay clergy.
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The head of the US Episcopal Church expresses 'regret' over the appointment of a gay Anglican bishop.
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Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart apologized Wednesday for saying in a televised worship service that he would kill any gay man who looked at him romantically.
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GAY clergy and their supporters were censured yesterday as religious leaders tried to resolve the issue of homosexuality in the Anglican Church.
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The Episcopal Church was told to ban blessings of same-sex unions or risk a reduced role in the denomination.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. - A former church minister and Boy Scout leader who cut off another man's genitals in a makeshift gender reassignment surgery in a hotel room, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and practicing medicine without a license...
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Comment is free: Giles Fraser: Uniting in homophobia, the Anglican church has delivered another blow to the battle against global religious fascism.
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An Anglican church report chastised the US Episcopal Church yesterday for consecrating a gay bishop and asked American church leaders to apologize or consider withdrawing from Anglican functions.
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Conservatives and liberals locked horns over homosexuality at a Church of England synod on Wednesday as the worldwide Anglican communion faced the grim prospect of schism.