Ben Hutchinson, a former UMC minister now ordained in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, next raised the issue of suicide rates among LGBTQ teenagers. Hutchinson explained he serves as a psychiatric social worker who works with LGBTQ teens and adults who’ve attempted suicide because of opposition in their communities. “So I’m calling out the United Methodist bishops and saying it’s no longer suicide; it’s homicide. I ask them, ‘How do you sleep at night knowing you are killing our children?’”
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