Well, we finally did it. The PC(USA) took a demonstrative stand on the issue of homosexuality, and it has become quite the media sensation without and quite the firestorm within. I will admit to voting in favor of this amendment, and I will tell you why. Primarily I felt the former language of the rule limiting ordained office (ministers, elders, and deacons) to those "faithful in marriage and chaste in singleness" to be disingenuous. The church had no desire to become the bedroom police of it's heterosexual leadership, and no desire to take a stand on issues related to sexual promiscuity. The language was simply there to keep a gate closed to homosexuals and to turn a blind eye to those following social norms. I do not mean to say that the norm of marriage between a man and a woman is bad. I mean to say that we all know which speed limits are enforced and where to push the limit. Beyond the double standard of the language, there are gays and ...
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