United Methodist Church affirms homosexuality ‘incompatible with Christian teaching’
TAMPA, FLORIDA , May 7, 2012, – Members of the nation’s largest mainline Protestant church voted to maintain the doctrine that homosexual actions were “incompatible with Christian teaching” on Thursday. The United Methodist Church voted down two proposals to water down its stance on homosexuality on Thursday. One proposal called homosexuals “people of sacred worth” and acknowledged differing viewpoints on the issue, while another said humans did not know enough about human sexuality to prefer one lifestyle over another. The Religion News Service reports after delegates defeated the pro- LGBT proposals, “gay rights activists flooded the assembly floor and disrupted the session by singing the hymn ‘What Does the Lord Require of You?’” They refused to honor Indiana Bishop Michael Coyner’s request to stop singing, forcing him to curtail that morning’s session. Hillary's views conflict with those of her denomination. The church’s position, enshrined in its Book of Discipli