Word: methodists
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Paris to help). Remaking herself won't be easy, especially in a year when the press is busy gauging each candidate's authenticity. So far, her attempts to turn herself into a New Yorker have been amateurish. When the Chicago native proclaimed herself a closet Yankees fan, when the Methodist disclosed her Jewish roots, when the advocate for poor children came out in favor of milk price supports--these moves made her seem craven, ham-fisted. When the progressive copied her husband's tactic of using party soft money to finance early TV spots, she looked no better than...
DEFROCKED. THE REV. JIMMY CREECH, 55, United Methodist pastor who officiated at the union of lesbian and gay couples; in Grand Island, Neb. Creech said the verdict would "widen the wound of the soul" of the nation's third largest Christian church...
...priests - this week ran up against a stone wall in their quest for total acceptance. Tuesday, the Georgia branch of the Southern Baptists expelled two churches that allow gays in leadership positions, including one that permitted a gay "marriage." A day later the Nebraska branch of the United Methodist Church voted to defrock Jimmy Creech, a pastor who's performed 13 gay marriages, sometimes known as "commitment ceremonies...
...This is a big deal for the Methodists," says TIME religion writer David Van Biema. "This is a muddy area for them. They've decided they don't want gay unions performed in their churches, but that decision hasn't been unanimously popular among Methodist ministers." As the gay-rights movement prepares to enter its second century, it is reminded that an accord with every religious institution may well not be over when the next century rolls around...
Seven teams, all of which were ranked nationally as of last spring, competed in the flighted singles and doubles tournament, including Harvard opponents Southern Methodist, Tulsa and Texas Christian...