User contributions for SeminarianJohn
A user with 4,348 edits. Account created on 24 February 2016.
26 May 2024
- 23:0923:09, 26 May 2024 diff hist +929 Blessing of same-sex unions in Christian churches →Ireland: Three dioceses have voted to support the blessing of same-sex marriages in the Church of Ireland, asking General Synod to consider a motion to that effect. current Tag: Visual edit
- 23:0723:07, 26 May 2024 diff hist +369 Blessing of same-sex unions in Christian churches →United Methodist Church: General Conference repealed the prohibitions against same-sex weddings in May of 2024 allowing clergy to perform same-sex marriages if they choose. Tag: Visual edit
- 22:5922:59, 26 May 2024 diff hist +847 Blessing of same-sex unions in Christian churches →Anglican Church of Southern Africa: In 2024, the ACSA published the draft prayers proposed to be said with same-sex couples and/or in churches. The prayers included blessings of same-sex couples as well as prayers that acknowledge disagreement with same-sex relationships. Tag: Visual edit
- 22:5422:54, 26 May 2024 diff hist +644 Blessing of same-sex unions in Christian churches →England: the first blessings with the approval of General Synod/the Bishops during regular church services began on December 18, 2023. Tag: Visual edit
- 22:4922:49, 26 May 2024 diff hist +3 m LGBT bishops →Church of England current Tag: Visual edit
- 22:4822:48, 26 May 2024 diff hist +488 LGBT bishops →Church of England: adding that Archbishop Welby ordained Nicholas Chamberlain knowing about his sexual orientation and same-sex relationship, noting he complied with the bishops' teaching on sexuality. Tag: Visual edit
- 22:4522:45, 26 May 2024 diff hist +1,882 LGBT bishops →Anglican Communion: the Church in Wales has consecrated two openly LGBT bishops, Cherry Vann who is in a same-sex civil partnership and David Morris who is engaged to his fiancé. Tag: Visual edit
22 May 2024
- 20:3920:39, 22 May 2024 diff hist +18 Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria →Ordination of women: correcting, first in recent history, women had been ordained to the diaconate in Greece by Nektarios of Aegina).The cited articles also note that this is a restoration in recent history, not the first ever current Tag: Visual edit
21 May 2024
- 21:3021:30, 21 May 2024 diff hist −2 m Social policy of Donald Trump →Birth Control and Family Planning Tag: Visual edit
- 21:3021:30, 21 May 2024 diff hist +1,929 Social policy of Donald Trump →Women's rights: Trump said states should be allowed to determine the legality of birth control, including banning contraception such as the morning-after pill, in an interview on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Following the immediate backlash, Trump quickly retracted the statement saying he would not advocate for any state to ban contraception. Tag: Visual edit
20 May 2024
- 21:5121:51, 20 May 2024 diff hist +424 Church of England →Continued decline in attendance and church response: in 2022, it was estimated that 5.7 million people visited a cathedral (down from 10 million pre-pandemic figures) and that 6.8 million visited Westminster Abbey (up from 1.3 million pre-pandemic figures). Tag: Visual edit
15 May 2024
- 20:3720:37, 15 May 2024 diff hist +392 Homosexuality and the Anglican Communion →Anglican Church of Southern Africa: drafted prayers being considered include both blessings for same-sex relationships (such as at the altar rail and a blessing for a same-sex union) and prayers acknowledging disagreement with same-sex relationships reflecting the diversity of opinions in the ACSA. current Tag: Visual edit
- 20:3620:36, 15 May 2024 diff hist +392 Anglican Church of Southern Africa →Same-sex unions and LGBT clergy: drafted prayers being considered include both blessings for same-sex relationships (such as at the altar rail and a blessing for a same-sex union) and prayers acknowledging disagreement with same-sex relationships reflecting the diversity of opinions in the ACSA. Tag: Visual edit
9 May 2024
- 22:5822:58, 9 May 2024 diff hist +538 Estonia →Religion: Historically, the ELCE was the national church of Estonia, but an agreement giving preferential status to the Lutheran church was finally ended in 2023. Tag: Visual edit
8 May 2024
- 19:0119:01, 8 May 2024 diff hist +5 m Southern Baptist Convention No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
- 19:0019:00, 8 May 2024 diff hist +726 Southern Baptist Convention updated total members for 2023, reported in 2024 Tag: Visual edit
7 May 2024
- 22:5822:58, 7 May 2024 diff hist +1,281 Anglican Communion →Same-sex unions and LGBT clergy: added update for Southern Africa's position, currently published for consideration draft prayers that may be said with same-sex couples. Tag: Visual edit
2 May 2024
- 15:5115:51, 2 May 2024 diff hist +231 User talk:SeminarianJohn →Changes in United Methodist Church views toward homosexuality
1 May 2024
- 19:5619:56, 1 May 2024 diff hist +431 User talk:SeminarianJohn →Changes in United Methodist Church views toward homosexuality: Reply Tag: Reply
- 18:1918:19, 1 May 2024 diff hist +1,030 United Methodist Church →Sexuality: updated for May General Conference 2024 Tag: Visual edit
- 18:1318:13, 1 May 2024 diff hist −10,269 United Methodist Church →Sexuality: updating General Conference decision to remove previous prohibitions, cleaning up section for outdated information Tag: Visual edit
30 April 2024
- 20:3920:39, 30 April 2024 diff hist +948 Armenian Apostolic Church →Women in the Armenian Church: added citations for the citation needed template Tag: Visual edit
- 20:2620:26, 30 April 2024 diff hist +1,884 Armenian Apostolic Church →Women in the Armenian Church: added citation to the function of the deaconess in the liturgy and ordination rite, added the parish diaconate allowed in the Catholicosate of Cilicia with a parish deaconess ordained in 2017 serving in Tehran, Iran. Tag: Visual edit
- 18:2718:27, 30 April 2024 diff hist −194 United Methodist Church →Sexuality: the General Conference removed the ban on funding for LGBTQ organization; updated that. The other bans are still official in the UMC unless GC votes on those specifically. Tag: Visual edit
- 18:2418:24, 30 April 2024 diff hist +468 United Methodist Church →Sexuality: the UMC has removed the penalties for clergy who perform same-sex marriages and the ban on openly LGBTQ candidates being considered for ordination. This does not approve same-sex marriage; it only removes the penalties and it does not automatically approve ordination, it only allows their consideration for ordination. More votes to come on the latter. Tag: Visual edit
- 18:0418:04, 30 April 2024 diff hist +260 User talk:SeminarianJohn →Changes in United Methodist Church views toward homosexuality
29 April 2024
- 20:1620:16, 29 April 2024 diff hist +1,646 United Methodist Church →Sexuality: during the 2024 GC, the delegates passed a proposal to establish regionalization allowing each region to determine its own standard for same-sex marriage/ordination of partnered LGBTQ clergy. The proposal is a constitutional change and so also will next need a two-thirds majority of votes cast during the local Annual Conferences. Tag: Visual edit
25 April 2024
- 19:3619:36, 25 April 2024 diff hist +692 Anglican realignment →Development and growth: Anglican Church of Southern Africa published draft prayers to be said with same-sex couples for study ahead of Synod Tag: Visual edit
- 19:3419:34, 25 April 2024 diff hist +646 Homosexuality and the Anglican Communion →Anglican Church of Southern Africa: church published draft prayers to be said with same-sex couples for study ahead of Synod Tag: Visual edit
- 19:3119:31, 25 April 2024 diff hist +569 Anglican Church of Southern Africa →Same-sex unions and LGBT clergy: church published draft prayers to be said with same-sex couples for study ahead of Synod Tag: Visual edit
24 April 2024
- 00:1700:17, 24 April 2024 diff hist +917 Kari Lake →Abortion: adding, in the same interview, Lake said she would ask county sheriffs to enforce the abortion ban Tags: Reverted Visual edit
23 April 2024
- 23:1323:13, 23 April 2024 diff hist −1,264 m Kari Lake →Abortion: deleted my duplicate additions, someone else added the same content. deleted mine as repetitive Tag: Visual edit
- 23:1223:12, 23 April 2024 diff hist +102 Kari Lake →Abortion: Lake specifically said "as many of us wish we did" have the 1864 law in effect. Tag: Visual edit
- 23:1023:10, 23 April 2024 diff hist +1,181 Kari Lake →Abortion: Kari Lake reversed her position yet again telling an Idaho media outlet that she wishes the 1864 law were in effect that "unfortunately" the state is not currently enforcing the territorial-era law. Tag: Visual edit
22 April 2024
- 20:5820:58, 22 April 2024 diff hist +371 Kristi Noem →Abortion: Noem signed a proclamation making 2024 the "Freedom for Life Year" in South Dakota, promoting anti-abortion laws. Tag: Visual edit
- 20:4820:48, 22 April 2024 diff hist +583 Kristi Noem →Immigrants and refugees: Adding section, Running for Congress in 2010 and in Congress in 2015 respectively, Noem responded to a questionnaire saying she would support banning embryonic stem-cell research and in 2015 she co-sponsored legislation that would define embryos as pre-born human persons and this did not include exceptions for in-vitro fertilization Tag: Visual edit
- 20:3920:39, 22 April 2024 diff hist +920 Kristi Noem →Tenure: In 2015, during her tenure in the House, Noem co-sponsored legislation to amend the 14th Amendment to define human life and personhood as beginning before conception, at the moment of fertilization, banning abortion in the US. She also voted for a separate bill that would federally ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Tag: Visual edit
- 20:2420:24, 22 April 2024 diff hist +1 m Kristi Noem →Abortion: spelling correction Tag: Visual edit
- 20:2420:24, 22 April 2024 diff hist +682 Kristi Noem →Abortion: Noem announced that she no longer supports a federal ban on abortion, which she co-sponsored in the US House of Reps, that she now believes it is a state issue, and she clarified that she still supports SD law which bans abortion even in cases of rape or incest with the only exception being to save the life of the pregnant patient. Tag: Visual edit
- 01:5501:55, 22 April 2024 diff hist +915 Tony Perkins (politician) →LGBT issues: on the FRC website, in 2018, Perkins wrote a column in which he said he opposed the Lawerence v. Texas ruling that legalized same-sex sexual relationships nationwide. Tag: Visual edit
14 April 2024
- 20:5620:56, 14 April 2024 diff hist +1,177 Social policy of Donald Trump →After presidency: Melania Trump is scheduled to campaign for her husband with the Log Cabin Republicans this month. Tag: Visual edit
- 02:1102:11, 14 April 2024 diff hist +3,609 Social policy of Donald Trump →2024 presidential campaign: Trump said in March he was open to a 15-week federal ban on abortion, while he preferred it to be a state issue, then, in April, he said he was opposed to the way some states have restricted abortion, and then shortly after, said he was proud that he "broke Roe v. Wade" and allowed the states to restrict abortion. NBC, CNN, and Fox News, among major media, have described his changing positions as conflicting and apprehensive. Tag: Visual edit
