• partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The headline makes it sound bad, but the takeaway is that 80% of United Methodists are against exclusion and sidelining of LGBTQ. I’m no fan of organized religion, but thats a surprisingly positive message those 80% remaining United Methodists are are sending.

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      1 year ago

      Ehhh it’s more that 20% have reached the point that their outrage is at the point that they leave. Who knows how many more are seething or unhappy.

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        There’s a non zero percent who simply can’t afford to disaffiliate. I know the state I’m in was charging them a percentage of the value of the church buildings and some other costs if they chose to disaffiliate. Turns out there’s a lot of small country churches that aren’t as financially well off as a lot of people seem to think.