Religion News in Brief {Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) allows homosexual minister}

AP via SFGate ^ | 3/2/11

[SmithL]

A panel of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has acquitted a minister who was accused of violating the denomination's constitution by legally marrying his male partner.

The church judicial commission split 3-3 Monday on the charge against the Rev. Erwin Barron, who is under the jurisdiction of the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area, but now works as a college professor in San Francisco.

[SmithL]

fyi

[rbmillerjr]

Calvin would be proud.

[dangus]

Judicial nullification in the churches. sigh.

[bk1000]

I’ve always been Baptist. I had thought of attending a Presbyterian church because of Dr. Kennedy at Coral Ridge in Fla. He sounds pretty spot on most of the time, but there is no way I could listen to a homo preacher, let alone one that thinks he is married to another man! Ewww!

[vpintheak]

All who endorse this evil shall be called to account.

[Titanites]

It was predestined to happen.

[LibLieSlayer]

It is no longer a church... it is a social organization.

LLS

[Lee N. Field]

I’ve always been Baptist. I had thought of attending a Presbyterian church because of Dr. Kennedy at Coral Ridge in Fla. He sounds pretty spot on most of the time, but there is no way I could listen to a homo preacher, let alone one that thinks he is married to another man! Ewww!

There're Presbyterians, and PINOs. PCUSA is PINO. Unfortunatley the more orthodox bodies are much smaller than the old lefty mainline.

by legally marrying his male partner.

"And he said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations that the house of Israel are committing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see still greater abominations.”

[ReformationFan]

D. James Kennedy was in the Presbyterian Church in America(PCA).

http://www.pcanet.org

It’s a biblically orthodox denomination in no way connected to the PCUSA. Adherence to the inerrancy of the Bible is required of all PCA church officers.

[Pining_4_TX]

We are members of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, true Calvinists, and I can guarantee that Calvine would have kicked their butts out of the church. Although, he probably would not have used the word “butts”. ;-)

[Pining_4_TX]

oops, typo... Of course I meant Calvin, not Calvine.

[Pining_4_TX]

It was predestined to happen. Why, yes, so it was. Did you hear about the Calvinist who fell down the stairs? He got up and said, "I'm glad that's over with."

[rbmillerjr]

lol, good one

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

[kaehurowing]

“I’ve always been Baptist. I had thought of attending a Presbyterian church because of Dr. Kennedy at Coral Ridge in Fla. He sounds pretty spot on most of the time, but there is no way I could listen to a homo preacher, let alone one that thinks he is married to another man! Ewww!”

Coral Ridge got itself classified as a “hate organization” by the Southern Poverty Law Center because of its support for traditional marriage, which SPLC concluded was “homophobic” and hateful.

[Titanites]

Now, that was good!

[OldPossum]

I was thinking about attending a local church but a little investigation revealed that it is a member of the Presbyterian Churches of the United States. No thanks!