After a 35-year ministry to gays and lesbians across the country, Presbyterian minister, and 68-year-0ld lesbian , Rev. Jane Adams Spahr was found guilty of violating the Presbyterian constitution and her ordination vows for performing same-sex unions during the time marriage equality was legal in California.
Spahr vowed to appeal the ruling, marching out of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Napa, hand in hand with the couples who testified in her favor.
The six-person panel agreed that Spahr's actions did not disrupt the "peace unity and purity of the church" and gave her accolades for her 35-year ministry to the gay community.
What hypocrisy! It's nauseating.
"The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority."--Ralph W. Sockman
The minority is courageous and deserves the simple honor and acceptance of tolerance from the majority. Stop your whining and deal with it!
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I would not say that it is nauseating or hypocritical...the Commission did what it had to do, yet at the same time lambasted the PCUSA for how it deals with Gays and Lesbians...
ReplyDeleteI wrote about it pretty throughly yesterday here...http://anenduringvision.blogspot.com/2010/08/on-recent-pcusa-ruling-against-rev.html
Thank you. I stand corrected. Your posting was very informative. Your blog is fantastic.
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