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Saturday, November 23, 2013

“God Told Me To Be An Advocate For The Rights Of Gays” – Methodist Pastor



A United Methodist minister convicted of breaking church law by officiating at the same-sex wedding of his son in the US said on Tuesday he is unrepentant, declaring he has been called by God to be an advocate for the rights of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people.

The Reverend Frank Schaefer, testifying at the penalty phase of his church trial, again refused to promise he wouldn’t perform another same-sex union. Three of his four children are gay.
“The church needs to stop judging people based on their sexual orientation”, he said.
“We have to stop the hate speech. We have to stop treating them as second-class Christians,” he told a jury of fellow United Methodist pastors. I will never be silent again,” he said, as some of his supporters wept in the gallery. Continue

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