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Title: Presbyterians to vote on lesbian's ordination
Post by: Natasha on January 13, 2008, 05:33:47 AM
Presbyterians to vote on lesbian's ordination

http://www.insidebayarea.com/sanmateocountytimes/localnews/ci_7960373
By Rebecca Rosen Lum, STAFF WRITER
01/13/2008

Lisa Larges was on the road to ordination until someone complained to the Presbytery court about a lesbian becoming a pastor. She had graduated from a Minnesota seminary school in 1989. A Twin Cities committee certified her ready to seek a call. Her appeal of the objection went all the way up to the national church court and was ultimately rejected.