Nearly a thousand United Methodists are ready to defy their denomination and offer marriage ceremonies to same-sex couples in the name of love and family parity.
The membership of a Methodist group called the We Do! Methodists Living Marriage Equality issued a media release on Oct. 17 in which they declared their willingness to recognize and celebrate deep lifetime commitments between people of the same gender. The group includes members from New York and Connecticut, the release said. The marriage equality movement the group has committed itself to is called the We Do! Project.
“In an unprecedented move in any major religious denomination, We Do! is not only bypassing the formal rules of the church, but also reaching out directly to LGBT groups in New York and Connecticut to let them know about the new network,” the media release said.
“This morning the group published a list of all its members: Clergy members who will perform weddings for gay couples, lay members of the denomination who support them, and congregations who have adopted policies to formally make weddings available to all couples,” the release added.
via EDGE New England.
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