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Baptist seminary refuses to change diploma for grad who changed gender

The story in the Dallas Morning News: 
The Rev. Ronnie Elrod graduated from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1998.
Now, he’s a she, and she wants her name changed on her diploma.
The school, not surprisingly, refused.
SBTS President Al Mohler explains:
 
“We have an institutional policy that we do not change names on diplomas,” said R. Albert Mohler, president [...]

Transgendered pastor allowed to remain in office

The United Methodist Judicial Council allows a transgendered person to remain the pastor of a Baltimore congregation:
Read about it in The Baltimore Sun.