Presbyterian Church approves leeway for ordaining gays. How does this sound to you. Maybe I shouldn't feel excited but I do. Finally a bit of equal rights. As a catholic, I know that I shouldn't feel this way but I am human and that is how I feel.
The vote by the Episcopal House of Deputies came just hours before Presbyterians, at a separate meeting, approved a plan to let local congregations hire gay ministers if they wish.
In Columbus, wrenching debate over the moratorium on gay bishops stretched over two days in the House of Deputies, a legislative body of more than 800 clergy and lay leaders.
In a complex balloting system, a majority of deputies voted against a measure that would have urged dioceses to refrain from electing gay bishops. Conservatives complained that the proposal stopped short of a moratorium, but supporters argued it would have set a moral standard for the church and would have signaled that the American denomination understood the concerns of Anglican leaders.
Do you guys think that gays should be allowed to be bishops in the chuch?
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your post is really confusing. You freely flow from the Anglican/Episcopalian church to the Presbyterian.
Anyhow, the issue as far as the Presbyterian church has been concerned has been raging for quite a while - this week we're in General Assembly, the national congress of the church essentially. Anyhow, the measure you describe is not as progressive as you might think. It allows some "home rule" - as in, a congregation may have the flexibility to ordain and install a homosexual minister, but there is still a standing rule against installing a practicing homosexual, as in somebody who has homosexual sex.