CLEVELAND (RNS) Hundreds of United Methodists are meeting in Huron,
Ohio, this week in an uphill bid to make their 12 million-member
denomination more gay-friendly.
Activists are gearing up for next year's General Conference meeting
in Tampa, Fla., where they plan to fight once again to change the
church's official position that homosexual activity is a sin.
Unlike other mainline Protestant denominations in the United States
that have moved to allow openly gay clergy and bless same-sex unions,
United Methodists prohibit sexually active gay clergy and blessing
same-sex unions.
