On November 2, 2018, Love Prevails sent this letter to the Council of Bishops requesting a pastoral letter to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer members of the United Methodist Church in the United States and around the world.
Gaslighting is when people in authority and power try to get you to believe that your own experience of reality is not true by such practices as telling lies about their own behavior, trivializing the harm done to you, denying their actions, withholding positive support, and trying to put a positive spin on things. Here is the Council of Bishops’ response to Love Prevails’ recent letter. This response is gaslighting and we are disgusted by it.
Love Prevails 