Outgoing United Methodist leader predicts fallout if LGBTQ rules relaxed at upcoming meeting
The United Methodist Church could face a “seismic shift” if next week’s business session approves sweeping measures to relax long-held denominational restrictions and policies on homosexuality, an outgoing leader said Wednesday. On the ballot are proposals to drop restrictions on the roles available to LGBTQ people in the denomination, to eliminate policy language calling homosexuality “incompatible with […]
Finnish ‘Bible trial’ case goes to high court as prosecutor appeals acquittal, defense attorneys say
The Supreme Court of Finland will hear arguments in the case of an evangelical lawmaker and a Lutheran bishop who are accused of hate speech in expressing their biblical views on homosexuality, defense attorneys said. The high court trial will be the third in which Päivi Räsänen, a former interior minister, and Bishop Juhana Pohjola of the […]