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Article: A rose by any other name: Methodist Church should permit same-sex marriage
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- March 13, 1998
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Barb Churchill
University Wire
03-13-1998
(Daily Nebraskan) (U-WIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. -- The issue of gay marriage has again come to a head in Nebraska, with the suspension (and trial) of the Rev. Jimmy Creech, head pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Omaha.
What? You haven't heard about this issue?
Well, it's simple. Creech performed a commitment ceremony for two lesbians in his church rectory in Sept. 1997 against the express wishes of his church bishop, the Rev. Joel Martinez. Martinez, along with most of the Methodist Church hierarchy in Nebraska, believes these two people shouldn't be allowed to make a commitment to each other because they are not straight.
According to the Feb. ...