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Former Austinite is Methodist Church’s first non-binary trans deacon (TX)
cbs austin ^ | June 9, 2017 | Melanie Torre

Posted on 06/09/2017 4:56:38 PM PDT by bgill

A former Austinite is now The United Methodist Church's first openly non-binary trans person to be ordained as a deacon.

After 12 years, M Barclay, who prefers the pronouns them/their, can call themself reverend. It's a title that took 12 years to earn-- more than twice as long as most Methodists pursuing the same ordination.

"I am just filled with joy and excitement that this wall has been broken down-- at least in this moment," says Barclay.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsaustin.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: binary; lgbt; methodist; wtf
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M = Mary = XX

Of course, SHE was once in charge of the youth ministry.

1 posted on 06/09/2017 4:56:38 PM PDT by bgill
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I am just filled with joy and excitement that this wall has been broken down--

Walls are usually broken down when a city is over run by barbarians.

2 posted on 06/09/2017 5:03:07 PM PDT by tbpiper
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3 posted on 06/09/2017 5:07:05 PM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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You don’t get to choose your pronouns. The English language has existed since long before this idiot was born. It is used for communication and not for political commentary.


4 posted on 06/09/2017 5:08:08 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Le Pen: "Islamism is a totalitarian ideology that has declared war on our nation, on civilization.")
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5 posted on 06/09/2017 5:08:26 PM PDT by Rio (Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
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Yep we need to smash those walls. We are too binary in our thinking, to think there are two sexes, male and female. We all are bigoted. Not everyone identifies as male or female. There are other identities.

We need a sexless genderless individual such as this, who is so enlightening about all these gender issues, to guide us and lead us out of the darkness of a world divided into two sexes. We obviously have been living in the dark ages when it comes to sexuality.

Sarcasm.......


6 posted on 06/09/2017 5:10:29 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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Romans 1 covers all of this. I guess the Methodists haven’t read that one.


7 posted on 06/09/2017 5:17:05 PM PDT by ealgeone
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Pennsylvania, my state, and Texas seem to suffer from the same illness.

We all think of these places as conservative strongholds, but redistricting has actually made them stealthy liberal strongholds.


8 posted on 06/09/2017 5:18:00 PM PDT by Celerity
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It wasnt a wall he broke, it was the dam so many Methodists can go ahead and find a church that respects and preaches the gospel.


9 posted on 06/09/2017 5:19:19 PM PDT by Uncle Sam 911
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“Barclay found a new place of belonging with the Reconciling Ministries Network advocating for LGBTQ persons.”

It will find a home among a few other deviants and vicious people. It is wearing a Roman collar. Selfish.


10 posted on 06/09/2017 5:20:04 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94))
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What is a “non-binary trans person”?

Should it not be termed an “it” (singular) rather than a “them” (plural)? Does schizophrenia become the determining factor?

“Inquiring minds... would really rather NOT know...”


11 posted on 06/09/2017 5:28:15 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
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so deluded that “they” can’t even follow the “rules” of their own lie.

“I am filled with joy and excitement.....” or maybe more accurate would be “WE are joy and exCREment.....”

i think deluded = delighted in the new freak-speak.


12 posted on 06/09/2017 5:30:41 PM PDT by Honest Nigerian
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“Romans 1 covers all of this. I guess the Methodists haven’t read that one.”

Read it ! They are living it !

Romans 1:
28 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. 29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31 they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. 32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.


13 posted on 06/09/2017 5:30:52 PM PDT by Reverend Wright (Build the wall !)
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What is a “non-binary trans person”?

As best I can tell, it's mentally and emotionally uncertain of it's sexual attractions, but it still wants to change the plumbing.

14 posted on 06/09/2017 5:33:21 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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Utter, damnable heresy.

God is not mocked; this is what awaits if this wicked individual refuses to repent of their wickedness: Lukes 16:23 - 24; Revelation 20:10, 14 - 15 = The Lake of Fire is their ultimate, eternal destination. Tagline

15 posted on 06/09/2017 5:39:13 PM PDT by Jmouse007 (Lord God Almighty, deliver us from this evil in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen.)
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Beware of false prophets.


16 posted on 06/09/2017 5:39:17 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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After 12 years, M Barclay, who prefers the pronouns them/their, can call themself reverend

M Barclay...can call themself reverend. M Barclay...can call themself reverend. M Barclay...can call themself reverend.

As if I weren't disturbed enough by this woman, her grammar is appalling. Even my phone kept auto-correcting the non-existent word "themself." ("Themselves" is a word.) You've got to love people who make up new words to match their made-up new genders.

Sorry, woman, try as hard as you want; you'll always be a "she." You'll never be a "themself." Don't delude yourself and don't insult the rest of us.

17 posted on 06/09/2017 5:39:53 PM PDT by TXBlair (We will not forget Benghazi.)
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To: RegulatorCountry

Yeah, I’ve heard of those. We call them devil worshippers


18 posted on 06/09/2017 5:40:58 PM PDT by stormhill
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Well isn’t that just so special.


19 posted on 06/09/2017 5:45:09 PM PDT by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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20 posted on 06/09/2017 5:45:32 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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