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发帖数: 1235 | 1 反同人士总是说，同性婚姻合法以后就会妨碍教会的宗教自由。
现在看看，究竟是谁在妨碍他人的宗教自由。人家牧师自己愿意主持，结果被教会迫害。 | k*****e
发帖数: 1235 | 2 后续报道
教堂给出30天期限，要这个牧师宣布放弃支持同性婚姻，否则就解职。
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/11/20/2972311/verdict-method
VERDICT: Methodist Pastor Has 30 Days To Renounce His Gay Children Or Be
Defrocked
BY ZACK FORD ON NOVEMBER 20, 2013 AT 9:25 AM
Rev. Frank Schaefer
CREDIT: UMC.ORG
On Monday, the United Methodist Church convicted Rev. Frank Schaefer on two
counts against the Church for officiating his son’s same-sex wedding. On
Tuesday, the impaneled jury determined his sentence: Schaefer is suspended
for 30 days, and if it at the end of that time he has not renounced his
support for marriage equality, he will be defrocked.
Schaefer, however, was unapologetic, refusing the invitation to “repent of
your actions”:
SCHAEFER: [The Church] needs to stop judging people based on their sexual
orientation. We have to stop the hate speech. We have to stop treating them
as second-class Christians. [...]
I will never be silent again. This is what I have to do. [...]
I have to minister to those who hurt and that’s what I’m doing.
Three of Schaefer’s four children identify as gay.
After his sentence was announced, his supporters began overturning chairs in
the courtroom, a reference to the biblical story of Jesus and the
moneychangers.
Schaefer’s critics framed his actions as “breaking the rules” and “
rebuking” the Church.
UPDATE
Watch Rev. Schaefer’s remarks from after the sentencing, committing himself
to being an “outspoken advocate” for the LGBT community. He also added
that if a same-sex couple asked him to marry them in the next 30 days, he
would do it: |
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