Presbyterians to consider marriage and non-celibate LG clergy
by: dale
Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 14:22:05 PM EDT
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Every two years, the Presbyterian Church (USA) holds a General Assembly to consider issues relating to governance of the denomination. They are currently meeting in San Jose, California and are expected to address the issue of non-celibate gay and lesbian clergy as well as the issue of homosexual marriage.
dale :: Presbyterians to consider marriage and non-celibate LG clergy
Controversy over gay marriage has dogged the PCUSA for years, with one retired minister, Jane Adams Spahr finally being put on trial by the denomination for conducting a high number of gay marriages. She was acquitted by a local governing body, but that was overturned by a regional judicial group which censured her. Recently, the Permanent Judicial Commission (the PCUSA's highest court) voided the censure on technical grounds - that the Rev. Spahr presided over mere ceremonies and not true marriages.
