Conservative Methodists Protest Lesbian Speaker

The United Methodist Church Leadership find themselves at odds, again, with some of their membership over the leadership's attitude toward homosexuality. The crux of the conflict is that despite UMC church teaching against homosexuality, the UMC leadership seems ambivalent towards gays or lesbians participating in official denominational events.
Specifically in this case a lesbian musician has been invited to be the keynote speaker at the domination's Womens Assembly. A group of evangelical women, called the Renew Network, within the denomination are protesting this openly homosexual speaker at the conference.

The response from the UMC leadership? From the article; "Jan Love, chief executive of the United Methodist Women’s Division, is supporting Saliers’ invitation. 'I wasn't unmindful of'' Saliers' sexuality,' Love told San Jose Mercury News. `But it's not the basis on which she was chosen. Nor will it be a basis on which we discriminate.'''

I have to admit you can't adhere to the stated Church teaching against homosexuality and have such an indifferent attitude about the sexual orientation of your keynote speaker at a Womens Assembly.

The full article at Christian post.com