Comments on: Judicial Council overturns bishop’s ruling on sexuality statement, affirms apportionments decision

By: Ike Aichele

Ike Aichele — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:46:30 +0000

I stand firmly in support of the Judicial Council for doing its job and ruling according to The Book of Discipline.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:05:47 +0000

The line from the UM News Service story says it all:

“Applying guiding principles from such previous decisions, the Judicial Council found that the Baltimore-Washington statement’s claim to communicate a ‘more authentic and truthful representation’ of the church implies the denomination’s position is less than authentic.”

What this shows is unadulterated arrogance on the part of Bishop Schol and the Baltimore-Washington Conference. Thank God the Judicial Council saw through it and reached a reasonable verdict.

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:37:51 +0000

Hooray for the Judicial Council. Accountability is beginning to be made known in our Church afresh — we have been called to be accountable and practice accountability.

I hope this decision will bring encouragement and hope to both Clergy and Laity that our polity does work and that our resolve to Godliness has been strengthened.

By: Gary Zimmerli

Gary Zimmerli — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:51:48 +0000

The Judicial Council did the right thing. Just because there has been, and still is, controversy about that particular issue, it does not negate the effectiveness of the church law as it is stated. It doesn’t need to even be mentioned that there is any controversy.