Methodist bishops table decision on homosexuality

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — United Methodist bishops have tabled a proposal that would have loosened restrictions in the church’s mostly conservative policies on homosexuality. The bishops, meeting April 29–May 4 outside Myrtle Beach, S.C., decided to keep the church’s current policy — adopted in 1972 — intact. It calls homosexual activity "incompatible with Christian teaching." A bishops’ subcommittee had proposed…