A STAND AGAINST "BLATANT DISCRIMINATION"

ASHEVILLE - The Rev. Howard Hanger announced Sunday that he will be turning in his ordination to the United Methodist Church.

He told the congregation of Jubilee! Community, a nondenominational church that draws about 500 people for Sunday services, that his decision was due to his difference with the denomination over its stance on homosexual unions. Hanger joins the Revs. Joe Hoffman and Mark Ward in protesting institutional stances on same-sex marriages.

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