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Seattle church under fire over gay pastors ruling
United Methodist Church panels in the Pacific Northwest dismissed complaints against two Seattle ministers who publicly declared they are gay, allowing them to continue preaching. The rulings deepen a national debate over church law and the acceptance of gay clergy, with Bishop Elias Galvan set to review the decisions later this month.
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Seattle
United Methodist Church
Elaine Stanovsky
Pacific Northwest Conference
Committee On Investigation
Karen Dammann
Woodland Park United
Dammann
Mark Edward Williams
Pacific Northwest
Washington State
Idaho
Williams
Woodland Park
Karen
Elias Galvan
Pat Simpson
Sanford Brown
Book of Discipline
Galvan
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