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CORNET News Archives 2000

News links are from a variety of sources, not all of which agree with CORNET's perspectives. The information in these are the opinions of the authors.

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2000

• Duke University Chapel to Permit Same-sex Unions, UMNS, December 7, 2000
• Duke to Permit Same-Gender Covenant Services, Duke News Service, December 5, 2000
• No Longer Silent: Clergy for Justice, new pro-gay group
• West Virginia Bishop Speaks Out on Man's Murder, UMNS, July 21, 2000
• We Will Not Be Silent: Western United Methodists Respond to General Conference Pain, UMNS, July 17, 2000
• New England United Methodists Issue Declaration, MFSA, June 6, 2000
• General Conference News (May 2-12, 2000)
• Shower of Stoles Highlights Powerful Stories, AMAR, May 5, 2000
• A Shower of Stoles: Troy Plummer, story of the Rev. Troy Plummer's stole with pictures of him wearing the stole and of it on display at General Conference
• Jimmy Creech on Larry King Live: Should Same-Sex Couples Get the Same Rights and Recognition as Straight Ones? Aired May 2, 2000 - 9:00 p.m. ET
• United Methodists of Color Speak Out for an Inclusive Church, AMAR, April 20, 2000
• Why should the church allow same-sex marriage? by the Rev. William R. Johnson, chair of the Leadership Council at Northaven United Methodist Church, a reconciling congregation in Dallas, Texas
• Supreme Court to Consider Arguments in Boy Scout Case, UMNS, April 20, 2000
• Black United Methodist Church Opens Doors by Rhonda Smith, Washington Blade, April 7, 2000
• A Search for God's Welcome, Newsweek, March 20, 2000
  About Fellowship United Methodist Church in Detroit, Michigan, a reconciling congregation
• Shades of Gay, Newsweek, March 20, 2000
• "I was wrong," Bishop Says, Friends of Bishop Tuell, February 23, 2000
• "Doing a New Thing": The United Methodist Church and Homosexuality, sermon by Bishop Jack M. Tuell, February 20, 2000 Bishop Tuell conducted the trial of Greg Dell. He says, "Look, the sovereign message of the Bible is God's redeeming, all-powerful love that overrides all else, and places specific prohibitions in the context of the time and place and situation in which they were written."
• Pastoral Letter About the Sacramento 68 Decision by Judith Stone, one of the Sacto 68
• Text: Committee on Investigation's decision & Bishop Melvin Talbert's statement about the Sacramento 68

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  Stories from 1999

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