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Presbyterian Pastors Can Preside at Gay Marriages
Associated Press ^ | June 19, 2014 | Uncredited AP

Posted on 06/19/2014 1:18:33 PM PDT by alancarp

The largest Presbyterian denomination in the U.S. will allow pastors to preside at gay weddings in states that recognize same-sex marriage.

The Presbyterian General Assembly voted 61 percent to 39 percent in favor of allowing ministers to decide whether to perform the ceremonies. Nineteen states and the District of Columbia recognize gay marriage.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Mainline Protestant; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: calvinism; gay; homosexualagenda; lesbyterian; marriage; paganchurchusa; pcusa; presbyterian; reformation; reformed
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>> The article's 4th paragraph indicates this refers to the Presbyterian Church/USA. This particular Presbyterian denomination has long been heading in several non-scriptural directions.

This meeting is being held in Detroit and runs through Saturday.

1 posted on 06/19/2014 1:18:33 PM PDT by alancarp
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To: F15Eagle

I was thinking “in the cross”, but yeah, I’m with you.


3 posted on 06/19/2014 1:22:41 PM PDT by alancarp
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To: alancarp

Wow. At their own peril.


4 posted on 06/19/2014 1:24:32 PM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: alancarp

Corrupt Doctrine ==> Corrupt Action


5 posted on 06/19/2014 1:25:51 PM PDT by NorthMountain
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To: alancarp

Unbelievers who don’t recognize their own blindness.


6 posted on 06/19/2014 1:26:55 PM PDT by Dutchboy88
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To: alancarp

I’m shocked… ..

……that it took them this long!

Pack of heretics.


7 posted on 06/19/2014 1:27:03 PM PDT by Gamecock (#BringTheAdultsBackToDC)
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To: NorthMountain
Corrupt Doctrine ==> Corrupt Action

You're correct. It's worth pointing out that this is just the Presbyterian Church (USA) denomination, not all Presbyterians.

8 posted on 06/19/2014 1:28:56 PM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: alancarp

Pressed Bitterian pastors have always done whatever they D__ P___ed.

Nuff of this Bible distraction!
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9 posted on 06/19/2014 1:36:44 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Alex Murphy
That's right. It's the Presbyterian Church, USA ... which Wikipedia credits with 1,849,496 members.

For perspective, the five largest Presbyterian denominations in the USA (according to Wikipedia) are:

PC-USA: 1,849,496 members
Presbyterian Church in America: 364,019 members
Evangelical Presbyterian Church: 160,000 members
Cumberland Presbyterian Church: 87,000 members
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church: 39,000 members

So it covers a convincing majority of American Presbyterians.

It will be interesting and informative to see what almost 2 million Presbyterians do, and where they go, now that the PC-USA is officially the Church of Sodomy.

10 posted on 06/19/2014 1:42:06 PM PDT by NorthMountain
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To: Alex Murphy
From the article:

The General Assembly voted Thursday in favor of redefining Christian marriage in the church constitution as the union of "two people" instead of "a man and a woman." The redefinition will take effect only if most of the 172 regional Presbyteries approve it in voting over the next year.

Interesting. The "General Assembly" voted for sodomitic apostasy ... now it's to the individual segments for a vote.

And it's a gross (in all senses) and obvious violation of Scripture ... how the heck does something like this even come up for a vote in a supposedly Christian group?

11 posted on 06/19/2014 1:46:34 PM PDT by NorthMountain
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This is no surprise. Just about every Protestant denomination in the country unmoored to solid core doctrine are coming unglued. Anglicans, Evangelicals, Lutherans; Presbyterians; Universalist Churches; Methodists, the list goes on. Heretical beliefs are based, like Luther himself, on personal predilections. Like the Joel Osteens, Billy Grahams, Jim Jones, David Koresh’s, Rev. Schullers, Jeremiah Wright’s, Tammy Faye Bakers, Bishop Jakes, they revolve around the cult of the personality.


12 posted on 06/19/2014 1:52:06 PM PDT by Steelfish (ui)
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To: alancarp
The largest Presbyterian denomination in the U.S. will allow pastors to preside at gay weddings

Too bad God will not be there also.

13 posted on 06/19/2014 1:53:35 PM PDT by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
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To: alancarp

I thought the were Christians? Guess not....


14 posted on 06/19/2014 1:57:54 PM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (I am an American Not a Republican or a Democrat.)
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To: Steelfish

Let me guess, you are Catholic?


15 posted on 06/19/2014 1:59:31 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: alancarp
Once again, gay marriages are neither gay nor marriages.
16 posted on 06/19/2014 2:03:01 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: alancarp

Jesus promised that the gates of hell wouldn’t prevail against the church (offer valid for the real Church only).


17 posted on 06/19/2014 2:03:21 PM PDT by Romulus
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To: Steelfish
Like the Joel Osteens, Billy Grahams, Jim Jones, David Koresh’s, Rev. Schullers, Jeremiah Wright’s, Tammy Faye Bakers, Bishop Jakes, they revolve around the cult of the personality.

Billy Graham does not belong on that list. He does not have, nor did he ever have, nor did he ever encourage, a cult of personality.

And he has been preaching 71 years.

18 posted on 06/19/2014 2:07:15 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: alancarp

“The largest Presbyterian denomination in the U.S. will allow pastors to preside at gay weddings in states that recognize same-sex marriage.”

Why only states that recognize ‘gay marriage?’ That doesn’t seem fair to their members in states that do not recognize ‘gay marriage.’

FReegards


19 posted on 06/19/2014 2:09:41 PM PDT by Ransomed
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To: Steelfish

Perhaps you don’t realize you are part of the greatest cult of personality in the history of the world. Also, aside from Luther, you listed a whole host of heretics who do not represent most true Protestant believers.

“Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.”


20 posted on 06/19/2014 2:11:38 PM PDT by .45 Long Colt
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