Since I last updated the status of the Presbyterian process for ratification of last year’s vote permitting the ordination of openly partnered and lesbian or gay clergy, prospects have brightened even more. There are now 16 regional presbyteries that have…
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PCUSA, South Louisiana: A Stunning Transformation!
South Louisiana has just become the 15th regional presbytery of the PCUSA to switch from No to Yes on removing restrictions on ordination of openly LGBT, partnered Presbyterians. What is remarkable in South Louisiana is the scale of the switch:…
In Celebration: Rev Jane Spahr, “Lesbyterian”
With the widespread press attention to the gay and lesbian bishops in the Episcopalian church, the ECLA decision last year to recognize openly gay and lesbian clergy in committed and faithful relationships, and this summer’s decision (not yet ratified) by…
PCUSA Assembly, Rainbow Scarves.
I’ve already written about the General Assembly and its decisions affecting LGBT inclusion. This report from Huffington Post, though, with its emphasis on the rainbow scarves, prompted a fresh thought: what a contrast this is to the Catholic response to…
Gay Clergy: God’s Spirit at Work (Huff Post)
The decision by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the USA to ordain openly gay and lesbian clergy has not yet been ratified (and may not be), but as I wrote at the time, ratified or not, this…
London Pride, PCUSA Assembly
I’m on my way into London for Gay Pride. As I walk down Oxford Street and Regent Street towards Trafalgar Square, part of my thoughts will be elsewhere, with the US Presbyterians, who have already announced that they are ready…
