Congregation Embraces Transgender Minister


	Congregation Embraces Transgender Minister

wiccantexan

10-1-2009 12:05 AM

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sexuality, transgender, religion, clergy

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10-1-2009 1:00 PM

AcesLucky

Yeah, I saw that on television. I wonder if his church will okay it. Luckily he's not Catholic.

10-6-2009 2:23 AM

ellesrainbow

I do not go to church, but it is nice to know someone in there can be honest for a change...

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The sermon the Rev. David Weekley delivered late last month to his congregation in Portland, Ore., took, he said, "more than half a century to write."
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Calling it the most "deeply personal message" of his career, Weekley, 58, told his congregation that the man who had ministered to their spiritual needs, married them, buried their parents and baptized their children -- was <A target="external" href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=7827428&page=1">actually born a girl</A>.
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When he finished his speech the congregation burst into applause.
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Weekley is only the second transgender Methodist minister to openly disclose his former gender, and is but one of a small number of transgender clergy people ministering to congregations across the country.
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Members of Epworth's 220-strong congregation have been "overwhelmingly supportive" and "took the news really well," but Weekley worries that his coming out could cause a rift in the global United Methodist Church.
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"The congregation accepted it without question," church member George Azumano told <A target="external" href="http://www.katu.com/news/local/62290067.html">ABC News Portland affiliate KATU-TV</A>.
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