The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a worldwide mainline Protestant denomination based in the United States,and a major part of Methodism. In the 19th century,its main predecessor,the Methodist Episcopal Church,was a leader in evangelicalism. The present denomination was founded in 1968 in Dallas,Texas,by union of the Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church. The UMC traces its roots back to the revival movement of John and Charles Wesley in England,as well as the Great Awakening in the United States. As such,the church's theological orientation is decidedly Wesleyan. It embraces liturgical worship,holiness,and evangelical elements.
Richard Henry Carmona is an American physician,nurse,police officer,public health administrator,and politician. He was a vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as the seventeenth Surgeon General of the United States. Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002,Carmona left office at the end of July 2006 upon the expiration of his term. After leaving office,Carmona was highly critical of the Bush administration for suppressing scientific findings which conflicted with the administration's ideological agenda.
Speculation abounded over potential nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States by President George W. Bush since before his presidency.
On October 3,2005,Harriet Miers was nominated for Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by President George W. Bush to replace retired Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Miers was,at the time,White House Counsel,and had previously served in several roles both during Bush's tenure as Governor of Texas and President.
John William Conway is an American lawyer and politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. A member of the Democratic Party,Conway served as the 49th attorney general of Kentucky from January 7,2008,to January 4,2016. Prior to his election as attorney general,he was the nominee for Kentucky's 3rd congressional district in the 2002 elections,narrowly losing to Republican incumbent Anne Northup.
Kentucky Equality Federation is an umbrella organization for gay,lesbian,bisexual,and transgender civil rights in the Commonwealth of Kentucky,consisting of Federation for Kentucky Equality,Inc.,Kentucky Equality Coalition,Inc.,and Kentucky Equality PAC. Kentucky Equality Federation is a member of the International Lesbian,Gay,Bisexual,Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA).
Robert Michael Duncan is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the chairman of the Republican National Committee from 2007 to 2009. Throughout his career,he has served on the boards of a variety of public- and private-sector organizations. Duncan was chairman,president,and CEO of Inez Deposit Bank in Inez,Kentucky,which merged with First State Bank in February 2021. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service and previously served as its chairman.
The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act is a landmark United States federal law,passed on October 22,2009,and signed into law by President Barack Obama on October 28,2009,as a rider to the National Defense Authorization Act for 2010. Conceived as a response to the murders of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr.,both in 1998,the measure expands the 1969 United States federal hate-crime law to include crimes motivated by a victim's actual or perceived gender,sexual orientation,gender identity,or disability.
Methodist viewpoints concerning homosexuality are diverse because there is no one denomination which represents all Methodists. The World Methodist Council,which represents most Methodist denominations,has no official statements regarding sexuality. Various Methodist denominations themselves take different stances on the issue of homosexuality,with many denominations holding homosexual practice to be sinful,while other denominations ordain LGBT clergy and marry same-sex couples. The positions of the various Methodist denominations around the globe are outlined in this article.
Timeline of events related to sexual orientation and medicine
Gregory Frederick Van Tatenhove,also known as Greg Van Tatenhove,is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. He was a legislative aide of Senator Mitch McConnell,a law clerk for Judge Eugene Edward Siler Jr.,United States attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky (2001–05),and on the recommendation of Senators Jim Bunning and Mitch McConnell he was nominated to fill a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Daniel Cameron was a law clerk for Van Tatenhove,who later swore him in as Kentucky Attorney General.
The ordination of lesbian,gay,bisexual and/or transgender (LGBT) clergy who are open about their sexuality or gender identity;are sexually active if lesbian,gay,or bisexual;or are in committed same-sex relationships is a debated practice within some contemporary Christian denominations.
James P. Gray II is an American politician who is the Kentucky Secretary of Transportation in the administration of Governor Andy Beshear. He is the former mayor of Lexington,Kentucky from 2011 to 2019. Gray served as the city's vice-mayor from 2006 to 2010 before being elected mayor in November 2010. Gray won re-election to another four-year term on November 4,2014. In 2016,he ran for the United States Senate seat held by U.S. Senator Rand Paul. Gray won the May 17 Democratic primary with nearly 60% of the vote but lost the November 8 general election to Paul. Gray was Chairman and CEO of Gray Construction,an engineering,design,and construction company headquartered in Lexington. Once elected,he took an advisory role as Chair of the Board of Directors to focus on his role as mayor.
The 2011 Kentucky Secretary of State election was held on November 8,2011,to elect the Secretary of State of Kentucky. Primaries for this election were held on Tuesday,May 17,2011. In the general election,Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes defeated Republican Bill Johnson.
Brett P. Giroir is an American pediatrician. He was formerly the U.S. assistant secretary for health,a four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and an acting Food and Drug Administration commissioner.
Within Christianity,there are a variety of views on the issues of gender identity and transgender people. Christian denominations vary in their official position:some explicitly support gender transition,some oppose it,and others are divided or have not taken an official stance. Within any given denomination,individual members may or may not endorse the official views of their church on the topic.
LGBTQ+ conservatism in the United States is a social and political ideology within the LGBTQ+ community that largely aligns with the American conservative movement. LGBTQ+ conservatism is generally more moderate on social issues than social conservatism,instead emphasizing values associated with fiscal conservatism,libertarian conservatism,and neoconservatism.
Kelly Dawn Craft is an American businesswoman,politician,and former diplomat who served as the 30th United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2019 to 2021 under President Donald Trump. She was confirmed as the US ambassador to the United Nations by the US Senate by a vote of 56–34,and was officially sworn in September 2019.
John Kenneth Bush is an American attorney and United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Bush graduated from Harvard Law School and practiced in Washington,D.C.,and Louisville,Kentucky,where he served as president of the local branch of the Federalist Society. In 2017,he was nominated to a seat on the Sixth Circuit by President Donald Trump.
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