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The church’s governing body marked a new era of LGBTQ inclusion by voting to lift the bans on LGBTQ clergy and on pastors performing same-sex unions. They also removed the language that said homosexuality was “incompatible with Christian teaching.”
Many, including Woodworth, felt the changes were monumental.
“This change in our church law is so huge because it means that folks can choose to show up as who they really are and still choose to serve God,” she said.
Anjie Woodworth, who attended the meeting known as the “General Conference,” said she watched as, with each vote, many of her colleagues and friends dissolved into tears.
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“Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancelation of classes and graduation – none of this is a peaceful protest,” Biden said. “Threatening people, intimidating people, instilling fear in people is not peaceful protest. It’s against the law.”
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Cancellation of inaugural crewed space mission comes as Boeing is under fire over safety record at its aviation arm.
Boeing has called off the inaugural crewed flight CST-100 Starliner space capsule after engineers detected an issue with a rocket valve.
The decision to call off the launch on Monday came two hours before the scheduled liftoff and about an hour after two NASA astronauts had strapped into the spacecraft.
The postponement, blamed on a problem with a valve in the Atlas V rocket, was announced during a live NASA webcast.
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NORTH BRADDOCK, Pa. — An armed man gave no warning as he walked toward the front of Jesus’ Dwelling Place Church in Pennsylvania on Sunday, raised a gun toward the pastor’s face and pulled the trigger.
What happened next may have been divine intervention, Pastor Glenn Germany said.
“I’m thankful to God that I’m still here, because he definitely pulled the trigger,” Germany told CNN affiliate WTAE.
The gunman “attempted to shoot, but the firearm failed to discharge,” Pennsylvania State Police said in a statement.
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Retail workers face increasing threats from shoplifters brandishing “knives and guns,” a top Home Depot executive told a congressional panel looking to pass legislation amid the scourge of organized retail theft.
Scott Glenn, head of loss prevention for the 2,000-store chain, joined industry leaders and law enforcement officials in pleading for help during a hearing held by the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counter terrorism, Law Enforcement and Intelligence in Washington, DC, Tuesday.