[Dialogue] Lesbian bishop

[H. A. Tillinghast via Dialogue]

Karen was minister of the largest UMC in the Western Jurisdiction of the UMC. She is eminently qualified to step down and be a bishop.

Bud Tillinghast

> On Sep 16, 2016, at 12:28 PM, W. J. via Dialogue <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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> Karen is the United Methodist bishop assigned to the Mountain Sky Area (Denver). The Rocky Mountain and Yellowstone annual conferences (including two Idaho churches) have voted to merge, but it's a multi-year process, not yet complete.
> So what's the big issue here?
> Marshall
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> On Friday, September 16, 2016 12:24 AM, Karenbueno via Dialogue <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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> Does anybody want to talk about our new bishop in the United Methodist Church, Bishop Karen Oliveto?  She was at Glide Memorial in central San Francisco, and elected by the Western Jurisdiction.  She is assigned to what was the Rocky Mountain Conference, which has been combined with the Yellowstone Conference, and has the new name "Big Sky".  She will preside over Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, and parts of Idaho.
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> Big controversy over her sexual orientation--married lesbian.  Her wife is a deaconess in the United Methodist Church.  The "rules" of the United Methodists do not allow gay/lesbian persons to be ordained.
> 
> Karen Bueno
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