Delegates of the United Methodists voted overwhelmingly to repeal its opposition to LGBT clergy on Wednesday.
The vote at the church’s General Conference, which tallied 692-51, saw the church remove its ban on “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from serving in the church as ordained or appointed ministers. This new rule will go into effect starting Friday when the General Conference will finish.
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