Embattled Minister Speaks at Gay-Rights Celebration

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › May 02, 2005

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PHILADELPHIA (AP)- A Methodist minister who had been defrocked for being in a lesbian relationship, then was reinstated, called for an end to discrimination against gays in a speech to hundreds of supporters Sunday.

"Other faith traditions out there have tried to shut us down and tell us we're not worthy," said the Rev. Irene Elizabeth Stroud, who spoke along with the Episcopal Church's first openly gay bishop, V. Gene Robinson, at an interfaith service.

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Embattled Minister Speaks at Gay-Rights Celebration

Stroud, who was defrocked after she tol...

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