They also typically believe that a homosexuality is a normal, natural sexual orientation for a minority of people. It is not changeable nor is it chosen. Conservatives feel that homosexual behavior is a sin, hated by God and condemned throughout the Bible. Allowing a homosexual to be ordained would be a massive attack on historical church standards. Marriage is for one man and one woman only.
Homosexuality is abnormal, unnatural behavior.
It is chosen lifestyle and can be healed through therapy and prayer. Progress towards racial, gender and sexual orientation inclusiveness in the Methodist Church has historically played major role in influencing change in other denominations. Where they go, other denominations often follow. It is updated periodically by the General Conference of Methodist Churches which is attended by delegates from around the world. Homosexual persons no less than heterosexual persons are individuals of sacred worth.