Tag: LGBTQ

Target limiting distribution of LGBTQ merchandise for Pride Month

Target is limiting its distribution of LGBTQ-themed merchandise for Pride Month in June, after backlash last year dragged down the retailer’s stock price. The Minneapolis-based company said it would sell online and in select stores “a collection of products including adult apparel and home and food and beverage items, curated based on consumer feedback.” The […]

The important lesson all Christian leaders can learn from Methodist Church decision on LGBTQ issues

OPINION: In late 2023, the United Methodist Church (UMC) released many of its conservative churches due to theological disagreements over LGBTQ+ ministers and congregants. Without its more conservative membership weighing in on theological issues, the UMC recently voted to ordain “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” and to allow same-sex unions with little internal resistance. But how did […]

United Methodists Lifts Ban on LGBTQ Clergy – HotAir

As long as most of us can remember, the United Methodist Church has had a ban on gay and lesbian clergy members being ordained as ministers or appointed to other leadership roles. In the modern era, that led to a number of protests and internal divisions in the church, but the general conference of the […]