Methodists in crisis over same-sex marriage, church law

Monday, February 10, 2014

NEW YORK -- The dispute among United Methodists over recognition of same-sex couples has lapsed into a doctrinal donnybrook, pitting clergy who are presiding at gay weddings in defiance of church law against proponents of traditional marriage who are trying to stop them.

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