From Eastern PA-With less than a month until his trial, embattled Lebanon County Pastor Frank Schaefer is getting support from several corners.
Schaefer, pastor of Zion United Methodist Church of Iona in South Lebanon Township, faces a trial before the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of the UMC for officiating at his son’s same-sex marriage in 2007 in Massachusetts. The trial is scheduled to begin Nov. 18 in Chester County.
Schaefer, who was ordained in 1996, could be stripped of his ministerial credentials, commonly referred to as being defrocked.
Before the trial, more than 30 United Methodist pastors from Pennsylvania plan to perform a joint same-sex marriage to show support for Schaefer.
Schaefer said the pastors invited him to Philadelphia last week to speak to them and caught him off guard with their plans. To have them stand in solidarity with him is “encouraging,” he said.
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http://www.pottsmerc.com/general-news/20131024/pastor-gets-support-for-officiating-his-sons-same-sex-marriage
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