Overstatement

Online Video Down During Witness

Those of you watching the video stream online may have noticed that the stream was down during the witness in solidarity with sexual minorities. That was too bad - because it was one of the most genuine and powerful moments of all conference. And IRD headline read “Gay Rights Protestors Storm General Conference.” Nothing could be further from the truth. A respectful, generous, impassioned witness was offered by brothers and sisters in the United Methodist Church. They were not “gay activists” - they were faithful Christians - faithful United Methodists. They did not “storm” - they came in singing, during a recess, at the instruction of the presiding Bishop.

It is too bad this was not streamed - supposedly the policy is to take the stream down during any recess. Hopefully, there will be pictures online soon to give everyone a glimpse of what happened.