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NEWS STORY: Methodists Vote for Status Quo on Homosexuality

| Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service CLEVELAND _ In a major setback for pro-gay activists, the United Methodist Church voted decisively on Thursday (May 11) to retain policies prohibiting homosexuals from ordination, banning same-sex union ceremonies and describing homosexuality as ``incompatible with Ch...
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NEWS STORY: Methodists Look to Future After Rocky General Conference

| Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service CLEVELAND _ As dazed and weary delegates to the 2000 General Conference of the United Methodist Church exited the auditorium with their stacks of legislation, the look on their faces was overwhelming: Now what? It has been a long 10 days for the 992 voting delegates...
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NEWS STORY: Episcopalians Consider Sin of `Heterosexism’

| Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service DENVER _ When Moses descended Mount Sinai with the Ten Commandments in hand, there was no mention of ``heterosexism'' on his list of ``Thou Shalts'' and ``Thou Shalt Nots.'' But for Episcopalians, the preference given to straight people at the expense of gays and le...
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NEWS STORY: Episcopalians Consider Sin of `Heterosexism’

| Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service DENVER _ When Moses descended Mount Sinai with the Ten Commandments in hand, there was no mention of ``heterosexism'' on his list of ``Thou Shalts'' and ``Thou Shalt Nots.'' But for Episcopalians, the preference given to straight people at the expense of gays and le...
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NEWS STORY: Episcopalians Make Cautious Step Toward Same-Sex Unions Endorsement

| Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service DENVER _ The Episcopal Church took a first major step toward the ``support'' of same-sex relationships, but narrowly defeated a call to create special ceremonies to recognize gay unions. The church's House of Deputies, comprised of 832 clergy and lay delegates, pass...
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NEWS ANALYSIS: Episcopalians Find the Cherished `Middle Way’ Through Controversy

| Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service DENVER _ In the 1850s, it was slavery. In the 1970s, it was women's ordination. And in the 1990s and beyond, the Episcopal Church wrestled with homosexuality. Almost more than any other issue, homosexuality has tested Episcopalians' ability to find the cherished ``v...
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NEWS STORY: Gay Christians Assess a Movement at a Crossroads

| Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service DEKALB, Ill. _ 2000 dawned as a year of promise and trepidation for gay and lesbian Christians as three prominent mainline Protestant denominations prepared to tackle the issue of gays in the church. For many, it was a landmark opportunity for greater acceptance and...
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RNS Daily Digest

| Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service Billy Graham Released From Mayo Clinic (RNS) The Rev. Billy Graham has been released from Mayo Clinic in Minnesota after undergoing several weeks of therapy for Parkinson's disease. Graham, 81, was admitted to the clinic in June for surgery to relieve a buildup of...
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NEWS STORY: Episcopalians Hope Denver Convention is Kinder, Gentler Than Past Sessions

| Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) While leaders in the Episcopal Church are hoping their upcoming General Convention is a kinder, gentler sort of church meeting, it's unlikely that the church will emerge from Denver untouched by the most polarizing issue facing American Protestantism _ homos...
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NEWS STORY: Sexuality Issues to Dominate Presbyterian Annual Meeting

| Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) When the Presbyterian Church (USA) convenes in Long Beach, Calif., for its annual meeting June 24-July 1, the issue of homosexuality will loom large over the gathering. And beyond the sexuality questions that have polarized most Christian denominations, th...
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