{"id":5992,"date":"2012-04-18T10:56:15","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T10:56:15","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-04-18T10:56:15","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T10:56:15","slug":"changing-the-methodist-denomination-s-stance-on-marriage-equality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2012\/04\/changing-the-methodist-denomination-s-stance-on-marriage-equality\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing the Methodist Denomination\u2019s stance on marriage equality"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A national campaign for marriage equality in the United Methodist denomination is sending nearly 50 volunteers to attend this year\u2019s UMC General Conference. The group hopes to strike discriminatory language in the Book of Discipline, which prohibits the recognition of the relationships of fellow gay and lesbian United Methodists. 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