my mother’s family is Methodist, but from a very strict tradition, no card playing, women must wear dresses, no dancing, swearing, alcohol etc. Grandmaw never forgave her daughter for marrying a Catholic, converting and having 6 kids, and mom swore (at the age of 60 when we went to visit Grandmaw in the home) that “mom doesn’t know I smoke, so don’t tell her”.
She was disgusted when the Brethren, who were numerous in her part of the world, and even stricter, and the Methodists united and the new church became so liberal. She ended up in a fundamentalist sect she found in her nursing home.
What is notable about this family that in Kentucky and Southern Ohio they were outspoken defenders of racial equality and social justice even before there was such a thing as a civil rights movement. I guess that is what makes them real Methodists.
…Anywho, topics like abortion they are wishy-washy on. To be quite honest, they and most other Protestant groups are so wrong it isn’t funny. Think about it; abortion, homosexual marriage, euthanasia, etc. I am really hoping that they see the light and turn it around, and then head back to the Church. But I loved growing up in it till I realized it was made by man.