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Article: Presbyterian assembly OKs celibate gay clergy
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- July 6, 1996
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Saying the church must speak clearly on
Scripture and human sexuality, the governing body of the Presbyterian
Church (USA) approved a policy Friday allowing the ordination of gays
- as long as they remain celibate and disavow their past sexuality.
The policy also would prohibit unmarried heterosexuals who are
ordained from having sex.
"This calls for all persons who would be officers in the church
to live lives that are in conformity with Scripture," said the Rev.
Roberta Hestenes of Philadelphia, moderator of the church's
Ordination and Human Sexuality Committee, which recommended the
policy.
The vote of the church's General Assembly was 313-236. Not all
of the 568 ...