From Colorado-After the vote came down Tuesday at the United Methodist Church’s general conference in St. Louis, Greenwood Village-based Bishop Karen Oliveto looked around the room.
She saw bishops crying. Consoling one another. Praying.
The denomination’s first openly gay bishop, Oliveto saw the realization ripple around the room: The church had just voted to strengthen its ban on gay and lesbian clergy and same-sex marriages.
“The church that has nurtured us, taught us about God’s grace and unconditional love, all of a sudden is narrowing who gets to experience that love,” Oliveto told The Denver Post on Thursday.
“That’s not been our tradition.”
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https://www.denverpost.com/2019/03/01/colorado-gay-methodist-clergy-lgtbq-restrictions/
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