Other names Frank Schaefer Name Frank Schaefer | Role Minister | |
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Born December 7, 1961 (age 62) ( 1961-12-07 ) Spouse Brigitte Schaefer (m. 1980) | ||
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Franklyn "Frank" Schaefer is a German-American author, LGBTQ advocate and ordained minister in the United Methodist Church.
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- Defrocking
- Speaking engagements and activism
- Bibliography
- Filmography
- Discography
- References
Schaefer established a popular Internet site for the support of Christian educators and ministers, a forum for the discussion and exchange of resources, called Desperate Preacher's Site, in 1996.
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Defrocking
In 2013, he was tried by a United Methodist court for officiating at his son's same-sex marriage. He was defrocked on December 19, 2013, when he refused to uphold the Book of Discipline in its entirety, which would have meant to denounce same-sex marriage rights.
Speaking engagements and activism
Following his defrocking, Schaefer became a speaker and activist. Although he was reinstated by the Northeastern Jurisdictional Committee on Appeals on June 26, 2014 (which was upheld by the Judicial Council on October 25, 2014), he continues to advocate for human rights while also working in a new United Methodist parish in Isla Vista, California.
Bibliography
Filmography
Schaefer has been interviewed on the TV shows Good Morning America, The View, Hardball with Chris Matthews, Anderson Cooper 360°, The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, and TakePart Live, and for the documentary An Act of Love.