Same-Sex Marriage Equality A Goal For D.C. Methodist church

Washington Post

Foundry United Methodist Church has joined a growing grassroots movement within the United Methodist church to change the
Book of Discipline
, our denominational book of policies, that includes a statement prohibiting churches and clergy from performing marriage ceremonies for same-sex couples. As a church dedicated to full inclusion and equality of all people, Foundry is very excited to announce its “Opening Doors to Equality” campaign, which seeks to update the Book of Discipline by connecting United Methodists across the country with personal and moving stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) United Methodists and their allies.

Although the “Opening Doors to Equality” campaign launched just recently, the movement for full LGBT inclusion and equality within the United Methodist Church (UMC) has been building for decades. Because of the dedicated efforts of our fellow United Methodists, like the Reconciling Ministries Network (RMN) and the Methodist Federation for Social Action (MFSA), today over 1,100 clergy in 19 states and the District of Columbia have vowed to marry gay and lesbian couples and, last year, United Methodists in the Baltimore-Washington Conference voted to support same-sex unions.

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