Established as a seminary, the New Jersey liberal arts college called the Methodist Church’s policies “harsh and severely harmful.”
Drew University, a private liberal arts school in New Jersey, has criticized the Methodist Church’s affirmation prohibiting same-sex marriage and LGBTQ+ clergy, saying it “severely undermined and compromised” the school’s relationship with the church.
In February, during a Special Session of the General Conference of The United Methodist Church, delegates passed the Traditional Plan. The Traditional Plan affirmed the church’s current bans on officiating or hosting same-sex marriages and ordaining LGBTQ clergy. “Church statements affirming that all people are ‘welcome’ and ‘of sacred worth’ notwithstanding, the actions and proposed punishments of the Traditional Plan adopted by General Conference are harsh and severely harmful to LGBTQ+ persons and allies and to our entire community,” the board of trustees said.
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