Salt Lake Tribune · Mar 10, 2019
Letter: Utah’s United Methodists will not turn back now
(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) "We're showing solidarity for all God's people," said Lynne Barrett, admiring the fashion statement of fellow church member Jon Jolley. Rev. Rusty Butler and the congregation at Christ United Methodist Church were awash in rainbows during Sunday services March 3, 2019, in a show of solidarity for its LGBTQ members. At the recent General Conference of the United Methodist Church, the debate over the issues of labeling homosexuality as incompatible with Christian teaching, ordaining homosexual clergy and performing same-sex marriages reached a breaking point.