More pastors on our side

About a month ago I wrote about a statement being passed around pastors of the United Methodist Church in Minnesota. The statement said these pastors would officiate at marriages of same-sex couples in spite of the church ban on the practice. A lot of pastors quickly signed on. That same petition has made the rounds in the New England Conference and at least 123 pastors (one in nine in the conference) have signed on. This gives me hope that the denomination's General Assembly next year will change things in our favor.