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WASHINGTON, D.C. ? The February 2005 edition of el Interprete, the Hispanic language edition of The Interpreter, published by United Methodist Communications, includes an article by the Rev. Peter DeGroote, first published in the August 18 edition of the UMConnection and translated into Spanish by el Interprete staff. DeGroote is on the staff of Foundry UMC.

The commentary explores Wesley's views on slavery and makes a parallel to the views of people in the present day toward gay and lesbian people.

'Understanding that God created some people in ways that we are not created, or in ways that we do not like, requires facing up to the same moral implications that Wesley saw in God's creation of black people,' DeGroote said in the commentary.