The Methodist Sexual Revolution | RealClearReligion
This United Methodist General Conference was widely expected to delete church disapproval of homosexual behavior. But most people likely were not expecting the church to delete opposition to adultery and extramarital sex. Currently, clergy are expected to be celibate if single and monogamous in male/female marriage. United Methodism did not sanction same-sex unions.
Removing nearly all sexual restrictions comes from a legislative package called “The Simple Plan.” It was first proposed at the United Methodist General Conference in 2019, when it was rejected by 60 percent of delegates. So what’s changed since then?
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