I;m surprised the bishop didn’t see she was lesbian from the start — I took one look at the pic and thought that!
Yep, I’ve always wondered about that. Lesbians are female, and are supposedly females who simply love other females. Yet many, not all, but many, seem to go out of their way to present a mannish appearance to the world.
I’ve almost made the mistake of thinking a mannish woman was really a man. Certainly these females know that they appear to be very mannish, and want to appear that way.
Before I had even read the story, I saw the picture and said to myself, “no wonder she did this,she’s a lesbian” and sure enough it was confirmed.
Wisconsin has a liberal bishop and largely liberal pastors. This will be an “in your face” to the rules of the United Methodist Church.
Note that she admits she’s in a lesbian partnership but wasn’t convicted as a “self-avowed, practicing homosexual.”
I don’t know the details of the case, but I’m sure they danced around the meaning of those words, or she told them she isn’t currently “practicing” or some such nonsense.
Now, how do I become an Eastern Orthodox priest? :>)