"At last I am choosing to serve in that role with full authenticity and as my genuine self—as a woman who loves and shares my life with another woman."
Meyer is 53 years old, and she has been a pastor for the past 25 years.
"I'm a woman of God sharing my life with another Jesus-following woman. We, like you, are made in God's image. Jesus Loves Me, This I Know. I'm lifting my voice. It's time for the UMC to illumine its brighter heritage and its claim: "Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors." Make it true! It's well past time."
Coming out puts Meyer at risk of being kicked out of the congregation, and losing her credentials and her career. Meyer hopes to change the churches view on homosexuality, but conservative Methodists are not on board.
"We simply cannot abandon the Bible's teachings on the practice of homosexuality and same-sex marriage. Your proposal would put us, who believe that same-sex relations are sinful, in the position of having to deny our consciences. This new policy is simply asking us to do something we cannot do."
Regardless of whether or not the church decides to change their views, they cannot change Cynthia Meyer into something that they want her to be.
I greatly admire and respect her for what she did, especially being a pastor and knowing the risks of her coming out.
Just one more piece of proof that being gay is not a choice. Because if it was, someone who was raised to believe that being gay was a sin, wouldn't be coming out now.
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