http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/04/05/foundrys-fight-is-our-fight/ the gay community's news source Tue, 21 May 2013 16:59:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/04/05/foundrys-fight-is-our-fight/#comment-46403 SPGorm Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:52:58 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=38606#comment-46403 Another issue facing the General Conference has to do with a possible split between American Methodists and non American Methodists. Thirty per cent of the attendees are estimated to be from Africa and Asia. If the majority of Americans in Tampa are support same sex marriage (SSM) and the Africans and Asians oppose with minority support from elsewhere and the SSM opposition carry the day, what will that mean for welcoming congregations? Already an historic all black United Methodist church in Maryland opposes SSM and may want to depart and take its property with it. All church property belongs to the United Methodist Conferences, not to the attending congregation.

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