Methodist Church: Ministers Should Avoid Saying ���Husband��� and ���Wife���

���A person shall leave their parent and their parent and hold fast to their partner, and they shall become one flesh.��� You might be wondering what on earth that supposed ���translation��� of Genesis 2:24 is for! Well, that���s how I imagine a minister in the UK���s Methodist Church must have to read that passage now (if they read it at all!) because the church has issued a guideline encouraging ministers to avoid ���hurtful language��� like ���husband��� and ���wife��� and other gendered ter...