Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Homosexuals File Complaint Against Minister for Not ‘Marrying’ Them
christiannews.net ^ | November 19, 2014 | Heather Clark

Posted on 11/19/2014 10:32:49 AM PST by ilovesarah2012

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Two homosexual men in North Carolina have filed a complaint against their United Methodist minister for refusing to “marry” them, stating that he has failed “to perform the work of the ministry.”

Scott Chappell and Kenneth Barner, who attend Green Street United Methodist Church in Winson-Salem, filed the complaint with the Western North Carolina Office of the United Methodist Church late last month, charging their leader, Kelly Carpenter (male), with discrimination.

“On October 26, 2014, we asked Carpenter to officiate at our wedding and he has refused to do so, citing church rules from the United Methodist Book of Discipline that forbids pastors from celebrating homosexual unions or performing same-sex wedding ceremonies,” the complaint reads. “Carpenter’s refusal to perform our wedding violates our rights as members of his church and my fiance and I wish to charge him for this offense.”

It further outlines that Chappell and Barner are “active members” of the congregation, and that Barner is “the current chair of the Leadership Council and often leads the praise and worship portion of the service.” The two became “engaged” during a Sunday service before the congregation.

(Excerpt) Read more at christiannews.net ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: christians; homosexualagenda; lawsuit; pastor; umc
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-97 next last
To: xzins

Rev. Carpenter in the Barner behind the Chappel.


41 posted on 11/19/2014 10:56:33 AM PST by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: ilovesarah2012

Even if he has “failed to perform the work of the ministry”, it is not a matter for any court in THIS country.


42 posted on 11/19/2014 10:56:46 AM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: GeronL

No, actually, the minister is in collusion with them. Read the last couple paragraphs.


43 posted on 11/19/2014 10:58:04 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Cordially.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: GeronL

It was NEVER about equality. It is about supremacy.


44 posted on 11/19/2014 10:58:48 AM PST by Jaded (Really? Seriously?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: ilovesarah2012

Homosexuals are so tolerant..!


45 posted on 11/19/2014 10:59:02 AM PST by JSDude1
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: FrankR

Maybe it was the fact that you wanted two wives that caused him trepidation.

;-)


46 posted on 11/19/2014 10:59:16 AM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]

To: Albion Wilde; ilovesarah2012

But don’t send a message of support for the minister. He is openly cooperating with the gay couple on this. He wants the UMC Guidelines chucked out so he can do it.


47 posted on 11/19/2014 11:00:00 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Cordially.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: 2nd amendment mama

See #24


48 posted on 11/19/2014 11:00:22 AM PST by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: WayneS

Seeing as how my first wife had been dead for two years at the time, that would have been difficult, to say the least.


49 posted on 11/19/2014 11:01:31 AM PST by FrankR (They will become our ultimate masters the day we surrender the 2nd Amendment.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 46 | View Replies]

To: CodeToad

The government is not in ply in this particular situation. It’s the gay couple bringing a charge against their pastor in a CHURCH cour, with the intention of getting them to amend or chuck out the rule book for the United Methodist Church.


50 posted on 11/19/2014 11:02:47 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Cordially.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: ilovesarah2012

Yep, this was always the goal of leftist perverts.


51 posted on 11/19/2014 11:04:24 AM PST by dforest
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: LeoMcNeil

Of course it’s a set-up, and the pastor is in on it. He says so near the bottom of the article.


52 posted on 11/19/2014 11:04:25 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Cordially.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 35 | View Replies]

To: FrankR

I apologize. I thought perhaps you were trying to have two wives AT THE SAME TIME...

;-)


53 posted on 11/19/2014 11:05:02 AM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 49 | View Replies]

To: AppyPappy

I don’t know much about the UMC, but I think it stands to reason that a homosexual relationship with a married person is adulterous. Any sexual liaison with a person other than your spouse constitutes adultery.


54 posted on 11/19/2014 11:06:08 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Cordially.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 38 | View Replies]

To: xzins

Yeah. It’s a shame that even some of the clergy are turning their backs on Christianity.


55 posted on 11/19/2014 11:06:11 AM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 48 | View Replies]

To: Mrs. Don-o

The faggots can only sue if the government has set a precedence for them to do so.


56 posted on 11/19/2014 11:08:09 AM PST by CodeToad (Islam should be outlawed and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 50 | View Replies]

To: taxcontrol

LOL!


57 posted on 11/19/2014 11:09:47 AM PST by SgtHooper (Anyone who remembers the 60's, wasn't there!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 31 | View Replies]

To: Mrs. Don-o

Yes but the UMC will have to recognize the union as legal in the yes of the church.
The UMC doesn’t recognize polygamy even if the people are legally married on their country. So a person practicing polygamy cannot be ordained.


58 posted on 11/19/2014 11:10:25 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 54 | View Replies]

To: CodeToad

Church court. Not county court, not state court, not fed court. Church court. Dealing with church law.


59 posted on 11/19/2014 11:11:01 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Cordially.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 56 | View Replies]

To: Albion Wilde

We have both.


60 posted on 11/19/2014 11:11:02 AM PST by bimboeruption (REMEMBER MISSISSIPPI!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-97 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson