Methodist Jury Convicts Lesbian Minister

Posted December 2, 2004, 12:51 p.m.

Another update on this story I’ve been following, a jury in a church trial has convicted Rev. Irene Elizabeth Stroud of violating United Methodist Church policy on avowed homosexuals in the ordained ministry.

AP makes the same mistake that the Washington Post so often makes, incorrectly referring to pastors (ordained ministers) as ‘ministers.’

As I’ve said in previous posts, I believe the jury made the right decision. Even if you disagree with church policy on homosexuality (which I do not), pastors who voluntarily become ordained ministers in the United Methodist Church agree to follow its rules. Thus, if somebody breaks the rules they should be held accountable.

The penalty phase comes next.

Methodist Jury Convicts Lesbian Minister (Associated Press via MyWay.com).

Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.

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