Transgender Pastor Allowed To Keep Post In Baltimore
A transgender man can remain pastor of his Baltimore church, the United Methodist Church's high court announced Tuesday, but the court sidestepped larger questions about whether sex change is acceptable in the church. No law in the church's Book of Discipline prohibits transgender clergy, the nine-member Judicial Council said, so the Rev. Drew Phoenix, 48, cannot be removed from ministry without "administrative or judicial" action.
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Posted by Editor at November 5, 2007 07:27 AM