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Presbyterians discover support for gay equality in surprising places
One of the best things about the Presbyterian decision to remove the national barriers against gay or lesbian clergy (apart ftom the immediate and obvious on the clergy themselves), is the manner in which it came, with a series of…
LGBT Clergy: Presbyterian Ratification Just 3 Votes Short!
Just this week, there have been four votes in favour of ratifying G10-A, which will remove the major obstacle to ordaining openly gay or lesbian, partnered clergy in the Presbyterian Church of the USA. This included one more switch from No…
Methodist Church Billboard: “Being Gay is a Gift from God”
Toledo Ohio is not the first name that comes to mind when thinking of the hotbeds of gay activism in the US, nor the United Methodist church for the vanguard of the move for lgbt inclusion in church. That’s what makes this…
Presbyterian Inclusion: Ratification Now Imminent
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…
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:…
Presbyterian Minister Repents – of Preaching Against Homosexuality
Queer Christians are familiar with being told by religious leaders that they must repent. Recently though, I have been seeing a number of stories of a different kind of repentance: of pastors, theologians and Biblical scholars who are beginning to…
“Gay cause leads in PCUSA voting” – Christian Century
I’ve already noted this (twice), but now Christian Century has reported it too: More than halfway through the balloting by regional presbyteries, a proposal to permit ordination of openly gay and lesbian pastors in the nation’s largest Presbyterian denomination holds…
Presbyterian Inclusion: Ratification Looks Promising
Last year, the Presbyterian Church of the USA voted to approve changes in the criteria for ordination of clergy, in terms which do not discriminate against partnered gay or lesbian candidates. The resolution removes a paragraph which includes the requirement…
