Thomas Ogletree, a former dean of the Yale Divinity School, ultimately was not disciplined by the church, while the Rev. Frank Schaefer went through several church court hearings. He won the case and kept his clergy credentials, becoming a hero for gay marriage supporters within and outside the chu
Date: Nov 28, 2014
Category: U.S.
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Church panel upholds reinstatement of former Lebanon County UMC pastor
review of the decision of the Northeastern Jurisdiction Committee on Appeals in the matter of the Rev. Frank Schaefer and the questions of law presented by the counsel for the church finds there are no errors in the application of the church law and judicial decisions,"reads the church's opinion.
Date: Oct 27, 2014
Category: U.S.
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Pastor who performed gay marriage keeps ordination
The Judicial Council of the nation's second-largest Protestant denomination ruled Monday that a Pennsylvania church jury was wrong to defrock Frank Schaefer last year after he would not promise never to perform another same-sex wedding.
The United Methodist Church is in a high-profile case since it suspended and defrocked the Rev. Frank Schaefer last year after he refused to promise to stop conducting same-sex marriages, the Associated Press reported. The action came after Schaefer officiated at his sons 2007 wedding in Massachuse
Date: Oct 26, 2014
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ethodist clergy blessed the Nov. 9 ceremony at Philadelphia's Arch Street United Methodist Church to show support for the Rev. Frank Schaefer, a colleague who faced church discipline for presiding over his gay son's wedding. Schaefer's case will be heard by the church's highest court in late October.
Date: Oct 06, 2014
Category: U.S.
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Minister is reinstated after officiating at gay marriage
A nine-member United Methodist Church appeals panel issued an 8-to-1 decision in favor of restoring clerical credentials for the Rev. Frank Schaefer, who ministered at Zion United Methodist Church of Iona in Lebanon, Pa., from 2002 to Nov. 19, when he was convicted at a church trial.
Date: Jun 25, 2014
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Methodist pastor who officiated son's same-sex wedding is reinstated
"The decision is a win for Frank Schaefer, for the United Methodist Church, and for the movement toward justice and equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender United Methodists," Creech said in a statement.
Date: Jun 24, 2014
Category: U.S.
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Methodist pastors propose that churches go their own way on gay rights
Methodists made global news at the end of 2013 by holding a church trial for Frank Schaefer, a Pennsylvania pastor who wed his son to another man, and then defrocking him. Other trials were scheduled, including for the Rev. Thomas Ogletree, a retired dean of Yale Divinity School, who officiated at h