East Iowa Presbytery open to gay, lesbian ministers

The Cedar Rapids Gazette ^ | May 12. 2009 11:53PM CDT

[newgeezer]

DAVENPORT — Members of the East Iowa Presbytery voted last night in favor of changing the constitution of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to allow the possibility of gay and lesbian ministers.

Pastors and ruling elders of the East Iowa Presbytery voted 74-21 in support of an amendment that would change wording in the church constitution that currently requires ministers to adhere to sexual chastity unless they are married.

Marriage is legal for same-sex couples in only a handful of states.

The amendment would not guarantee that gays and lesbians could become ministers but it would open the possibility, said the Rev. Kristin Hutson, Coe College chaplain and a member of the East Iowa Presbytery.

Although the amendment has already failed in the denomination nationwide, Hutson said the vote Tuesday was an important show of the East Iowa Presbytery's ongoing support of furthering the possibility of ordaining gay and lesbian people into the office of minister of the word and sacrament.

[newgeezer]

I concur with the comment by "Ask Why":

Title: Predictable on the Slippery Slope

If the word of God mattered, the "Rev. Kristin" wouldn't be where she is. Once we start picking and choosing which parts to throw out—for instance, some insist the words of Christ are the only meaningful ones, as if red ink is more trustworthy than black ink—we can make it say anything we want.

[relictele]

Pastors and ruling elders of the East Iowa Presbytery voted 74-21

Anyone get a group photo of 74 persons patting themselves on the back in unison?

[tractorman]

And now we have the Presbyterian preoccupation with perversion.

If homosexuality was normal, none of us would be here.

[AppyPappy]

The Presbyterian church did not split until the church demanded that churches ordain women. Up until that time, churches were allowed to follow Scripture. When that changed, churches began to leave.

Churches will begin to leave when the PCUSA tells churches that have to ordain gays.

[PGR88]

Anything goes

[TaraP]

Sex until married?

First off they cannot have normal sex which is Consummation
the Bond of sexual intimacy with male and female that makes them ONE in union with GOD..

Heck GAYS could marry one another and be Virgins in Marriage.