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Upstate New York Methodist minister comes out as transgender to congregation during Sunday service

A lesbian minister's church claps back at Texas ban on rainbow crosswalks
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Meet the lesbian minister whose church clapped back at Texas's ban on rainbow crosswalks

Volunteers at Oak Lawn United Methodist Church in Dallas have painted the steps in rainbow colors as a sign of welcome to all.

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A Methodist pastor was defrocked 20 years ago for being gay. She's finally been reinstated

Beth Stroud said her "whole life would have been different" had she not been removed from her position in the church.

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United Methodist Church ends 40-year ban on LGBTQ+ clergy

The church has long been divided into factions over its stance on homosexuality and gay clergy and even weighed splitting into two separate churches over the issue.

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Why is the United Methodist Church meeting over LGBTQ+ rights?

Delegates at the church's General Conference are likely to vote to rescind anti-LGBTQ+ policies, but it's not a done deal.

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One-Fifth of United Methodist U.S. Congregations Leaving Over LGBTQ+ Issues

Most of those leaving are conservative, as it's expected the church will soon adopt more LGBTQ-affirming policies.

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