“United Methodists hold line on gay issues”

Virtue Onlinea: “The United Methodist Church, however, has remained firm in upholding its traditional stance that homosexual practice ‘is incompatible with Christian teaching.’ In a decision released this week, the Judicial Council, the church’s highest court, struck down a resolution from the Baltimore-Washington Annual (regional) Conference that said the church is divided on the issue.”

Judicial Council Decision No. 1120: In Re: Review of a Decision of Law by Bishop John R. Schol of the Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference as to Whether a Resolution on Human Sexuality Was Properly Before the Conference in Light of ¶ 161 F