Methodists have a history of adjudicating moral questions through legal channels — including questions about marriage.
Newly elected Bishop Karen Oliveto is married to Robin Ridenour, presumably putting her in violation of church laws proscribing same-sex marriage and the ordination of “self-avowed practicing” homosexuals.
The Judicial Council is expected to hold a hearing on a request for a declaratory judgement concerning the question of whether a person who claims to be a "self-avowed practicing homosexual" or is a spouse in a same-sex marriage lawful can lawfully be elected, consecrated and assigned as a bishop under The Book of Discipline.
As United Methodists await a judicial ruling, they would do well to remember a Methodist legal case 95 years prior.
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