Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UnitedMethodists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedMethodists</span></a> open first top-level <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/conference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conference</span></a> since <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/breakup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>breakup</span></a> over <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a>.</p><p>Thousands of United Methodists are gathering in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Charlotte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Charlotte</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NorthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthCarolina</span></a>, for their big <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/denominational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>denominational</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/meeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meeting</span></a>, known as <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/generalconference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>generalconference</span></a>, the only entity that can speak for the entire denomination. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Spirituality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spirituality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Representation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Representation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/United-Methodists-schism-LGBTQ-samesex-marriage-i96806" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newsday.com/news/nation/United</span><span class="invisible">-Methodists-schism-LGBTQ-samesex-marriage-i96806</span></a></p>