{"id":41131,"date":"2013-11-19T16:30:58","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T16:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/ap_methodist_jury_convicts_pa-_pastor_for_same_sex_wedding_performed_agains\/"},"modified":"2013-11-19T16:30:58","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T16:30:58","slug":"ap_methodist_jury_convicts_pa-_pastor_for_same_sex_wedding_performed_agains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=41131","title":{"rendered":"(AP) Methodist jury convicts Pa. pastor for same sex wedding Performed against Methodist Doctrine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A United Methodist pastor was convicted Monday of breaking church law by officiating his son&#8217;s same-sex wedding and could be defrocked after a high-profile trial that has rekindled debate over the denomination&#8217;s policy on gay marriage.<\/p>\n<p>The Methodist church put the Rev. Frank Schaefer on trial in southeastern Pennsylvania, accusing him of breaking his pastoral vows by presiding over the 2007 ceremony in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>The 13-member jury convicted Schaefer on two charges: That he officiated a gay wedding, and that he showed &#8220;disobedience to the order and discipline of the United Methodist Church.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2013\/11\/18\/pa-pastor-facing-church-trial-over-gay-marriage\/3625275\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A United Methodist pastor was convicted Monday of breaking church law by officiating his son&#8217;s same-sex wedding and could be defrocked after a high-profile trial that has rekindled debate over the denomination&#8217;s policy on gay marriage. The Methodist church put<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=41131\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,175,168,360,154,177,159,34,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-religion-news-commentary","category-anthropology","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-methodist","category-other-churches","category-pastoral-theology","category-sexuality-debate-other-denominations-and-faiths","category-theology","category-theology-scripture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}