And those ministers would have had charges filed on them, even before GC2019.
I can count on 2 hands the number of same sex marriages that have happened in the UMC.
Val Rosenquish performed 1 wedding. Was brought up on charges, the resolution was sealed so we don't know the punishment but we know she was not defrocked.
Frank Schaefer officiated at the wedding of his son to another man and was defrocked.
Retired minister (when he did it) Larry Sonner was not sanctioned.
Bishop Melvin Talbert (amazing man who I got to hear at UUMC in Austin) was sanctioned after he performed a wedding.
I'd love to hear of these 'quite a few ministers that would have married them' because we've already seen that there are very few. And half of the ones documented above were retired when they did it, meaning they won't have a loss of employment, and Bishop Talbert sort of had the power of being a Bishop - the bishops are very wary about doing anything to another bishop.
Yeah, we'll gladly allow you to come in, take your money, but you want to maybe dedicate your life in service to the denomination as an ordiained minister? Slow your roll. Want to marry the person you love that happens to be the same sex as you? Woah.
Supportive and welcoming - not. Gays are treated as second class citizens in the UMC. It's really amazing how many have stuck around this long.
Edit:
What gray area is that? The only possible gray area was the punishments.
That's pretty black and white.