The Methodist church is piling bricks on the head of a Methodist
minister who officiated at the marriage of his gay son. Mind you, the
church initially ignored the situation and the marriage probably would
have fallen down the memory hole but for an evil parishioner who, long
after the fact, filed a complaint against him. And now a full three-day
"trial" will be held to decide if the Rev. Frank Schaefer should be
defrocked for being kind and open and caring.
Today we are seeing the death throes of opposition to gay marriage. Although the die is cast, we will continue to see skirmishes, recurrent ugliness, and wingnuts screaming for their lives. But the game is over; gay marriage won.
The article includes this little tidbit (that I hadn't heard before):
Today we are seeing the death throes of opposition to gay marriage. Although the die is cast, we will continue to see skirmishes, recurrent ugliness, and wingnuts screaming for their lives. But the game is over; gay marriage won.
The article includes this little tidbit (that I hadn't heard before):
Schaefer could have avoided a trial if he had agreed to never again perform a same-gender wedding, but he declined because three of his four children are gay.
Duh.
And you're going to defrock him for being kind and caring to his
children. I guess Methodists, like Catholics, are mostly immoral,
hateful creatures. But hey, you never know what religious people will
do. Maybe they'll skip the defrocking and declare him a saint. Let's
hope so.
In any case, good for you, Rev. Schaefer. At least you know that you did the right thing. It's just that your, you know, church is immoral.