It is 2013 isn't it?? This ceremony was in 2007 and they are now just bitching about it. Attention seeking much,,,
A Pennsylvania pastor who is facing a “trial” by his church said that he officiated his son’s same sex wedding because the couple was “just as worthy and precious in God’s sight as anybody else.”
In an interview published on Monday, Rev. Frank Schaefer of the Zion United Methodist Church of Iona in Lebanon told The Patriot News that he thought he was following Christian principles when he agreed to help the couple get married in 2007.
“We just love him so much it was an honor to be asked. Had I said no to him, it would have negated all the affirmations we gave him for all those year…that we believe you are just as worthy and precious in God’s sight as anybody else,” he explained.
Only 26 days before the statute of limitations would have run out, one of the members of Schaefer’s congregation filed a complaint with church officials.
“Sadly, our church is once again being led down the path of a costly and divisive trial by a pastor who chose to disregard the prayerful and consistent teaching of our church that Christian marriage is the holy union of one man and one woman,” evangelical United Methodist Rev. Thomas Lambrecht insisted to UMC Connections earlier this month. “As a father, I share Rev. Schaefer’s desire to affirm his son, but there are ways of doing so that do not require a pastor to break the Discipline and the covenant that all United Methodist pastors agree to uphold.”
Pennsylvania church puts pastor on ‘trial’ for officiating son’s gay marriage in Massachusetts | The Raw Story
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