After a third friend posted this same article about faux LGBTQ+ churches, I feel compelled to hash out my feelings as I always do here. I am a member of a United Methodist Church. Currently, the UMC does not allow same-sex couples to marry in the church or allow clergy to marry same-sex couples anywhere. I knew all of this going into becoming a member, and even contemplated whether or not I should join the church in such a predicament seeing as K and I actively want to be married by our pastors inside the church building. The leadership at the church has been more than transparent and even created a celebration of marriage policy that would allow us to have a "service" in the building provided we were already civilly married. Still feels very separate but equal (which never ends well).
Edit: I started writing this a couple weeks ago and never finished my thoughts. Tomorrow, I'm going to speak with one of our pastors to talk about what we are going to talk about on Sunday for Pride. I'm not sure what I bring to the table other than hurt, but we will see.
I am still more than upset we are meeting at a school, the music is sub par at best (we sang the chorus of a song TEN times on Sunday), and I just feel so disconnected sometimes.
