The Texas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments later this month in Southern Methodist University’s bid to split from the United Methodist Church over LGBTQ+ rights, reported the Texas Tribune.
SMU in 2019 voted to update its governing documents “to make clear that SMU is solely maintained and controlled by its board as the ultimate authority for the University” after the United Methodist Church endorsed the so-called “Traditional Plan,” which strengthened the church’s bans on ordaining LGBTQ clergy and hosting same-sex marriage.
The United Methodist Church’s South Central Jurisdictional Conference then sued SMU, arguing that the university needed its approval to make the changes to its governing language.
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