Presbyterians on the verge of approving LGBT ordination

Peter Smith of the Louisville Courier-Journal reports:

The nation’s largest Presbyterian denomination is on the brink of removing its longstanding ban on ordaining non-celibate gays and lesbians.

The decisive vote could come as soon as Tuesday at a meeting of the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area in Minnesota. Or possibly in Western Kentucky.

A yes vote in either place would mark the 87th presbytery — making a majority of the regional governing bodies in the Louisville-based church — to ratify a proposed constitutional amendment. It would remove the denomination’s historic ban on ordaining anyone in a sexual relationship outside of a heterosexual marriage.

The Twin Cities presbytery approved a similar resolution by a wide margin when Presbyterians last took up this issue two years ago.

Posted by Jim Naughton on May 9, 2011 6:08 PM | |
Comments (2)

TBTG! :-D

JC Fisher

Posted by tgflux [TypeKey Profile Page] | May 10, 2011 2:55 AM

Is there something about meeting in Minneapolis?

- 1976--Episcopalians approved women's ordination
- 2003--Episcopalians consented to the consecration of Gene Robinson
- 2009--ELCA allowed ordination of gays and lesbians
- 2011--Presbyterians also?

Thanks, Minneapolis!
And yes, TBTG.

Posted by Sarah Lawton [TypeKey Profile Page] | May 10, 2011 4:42 PM

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