September
17, 2013
Bishop Mark Webb
Upper New York Annual
Conference
324 University Ave.,
Third Floor
Syracuse, NY 13210
Dear Bishop Webb,
I am writing to you to
let you know that I support Rev. Steve Heiss and any other United Methodist
Pastor who feels that they should be allowed to perform same sex
marriages. I feel that you should
support them, as well. I am the 5th
generation to be a Methodist in my family.
I am a heterosexual
female who was married 3 years ago by 2 Methodist Pastors. My husband and I decided that both pastors
should perform our marriage because they were a large part of our lives. My husband is a member of First United
Methodist in Schenectady, NY. I am a
member at Mechanicville United Methodist in Mechanicville, NY. I now regularly attend FUMC Schenectady
because it is closer to home and I agree with their social standings.
God is a large part of
our marriage. Shouldn’t same sex
marriages have God in them as well? We
all need God to be there for us in times of trouble and to praise Him in times
of joy. We all need the sense of
community that a church like FUMC Schenectady offers. Shouldn’t same sex couples be allowed this as
well?
Jesus taught us to love
one another. How is denying same sex
couples marriage a loving thing to do? A
stance like that can only breed hatred.
Aren’t we supposed to be welcoming to all, not just to the ones that we
want to or feel comfortable to?
We wonder why
attendance in churches is declining, could it be because we are blatantly turning
people away? We are expressing to them
you are not like us, therefore you don’t belong here. This is not what “Open Hearts, Open Minds,
Open Doors” means to me. It is time to
move forward and let Rev. Steve Heiss and the other United Methodist Pastors of
Upper New York Conference perform same sex marriages.
-Alice Nash
Schenectady, NY
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