WATCH: A Sin and a Shame! Clergy at First United Methodist Church in Charlotte Rebel Against Denomination’s Stand Against Homosexual Marriage and Choose to Marry Jim and John Inside the Church, Formal Complaint Filed

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The Rev. Val Rosenquist, at left, and retired Bishop Melvin Talbert co-officiate at the wedding of Jim Wilborne and John Romano, both 52, at First United Methodist Church in Charlotte, N.C.

The wedding last Saturday at First United Methodist Church in uptown Charlotte drew nearly 300 well-wishers, including Mayor Jennifer Roberts, a friend of the happy couple. But because the officiating clergy defied their denomination’s rules by marrying a same-sex couple – John Romano and Jim Wilborne – in a United Methodist church, a formal complaint was filed with the local bishop before the weekend was over.

 

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Source: Charlotte Observer