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Methodists Put Minister on Trial for Declaring Herself a Lesbian
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Mar 17, 2004 11:00pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Wednesday, March 17, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Methodists Put Minister on Trial for Declaring Herself a Lesbian
The New York Times
The Rev. Karen Dammann, a United Methodist minister, went on trial in a church here on Wednesday for openly declaring that she is in a lesbian relationship. The judge is a retired bishop, the jurors 13 of her fellow ministers. She is charged with violating church law by living in a homosexual relationship, which United Methodist Church law says is "incompatible with Christian teachings."
But this is a church at war with itself, enforcing a law that many of its own clerics and members here say they find immoral and un-Christian. Ms. Dammann's defense lawyer said in opening arguments that he would use Scripture and the church's own Book of Discipline to argue that her prosecution is at odds with the church's teaching and heritage. The lawyer, the Rev. Robert C. Ward, a retired minister from Tacoma, said: "Karen has chosen not to live the lie. She has invited the United Methodist Church to come out of the closet with her and live a life of open honesty." |
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