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    United Methodist delegates reject plan allowing same-sex marriage, LGBT clergy

    ST. LOUIS — United Methodists on Tuesday rejected an effort by more progressive members of the global church to lift the denomination's ban on same-sex marriage and LGBT clergy.

    During the special session of the church's General Conference here in St. Louis, delegates voted not to substitute the more inclusive One Church Plan for the conservative Traditional Plan, which reinforces the denomination's current prohibitions.

    The swap failed by 75 votes, 374 to 449. But the delegates still need to take a final vote Tuesday on the Traditional Plan.

    The Rev. Tom Berlin, a delegate from the Virginia Conference, spoke from the General Conference stage in support of the One Church Plan, which would have allowed same-sex marriage and LGBT clergy while adding protections for churches and pastors who do not support the marriages...

    https://www.tennessean.com/story/new...ng/2989179002/

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    It took other countries chiming in to push the vote. One article commented on that saying America is a bit more progessive.

    This is far from over. They have already lost many churches that their mainline selves will never recover from. Most UMC churches are dying of old age and crave; are desperate for, a younger influx of attendees. And therein lies their glaring weakness to fill pews and coffers.

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