South Africa: Lesbian Minister Defrocked for Marrying Partner

A woman minister in the Methodist church has been discharged for marrying her life partner. Reverend Ecclesia de Lange, minister of the Brackenfell and Windsor Park congregations in Cape Town, married her partner, Amanda, in December, Beeld newspaper reported on Friday.

She was suspended last week but appealed against the suspension. Beeld reported that the appeal commission had now dismissed her appeal.

De Lange earlier posted a message on the networking site Facebook, saying: "I've come to the point where I can’t remain silent any longer. I've realised that it’s better to be condemned for who I am than to be accepted for who I am not."

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