(RNS) — Stt Barber, chair of the Overtur Commtee, told the elrs votg on the overture that s tent is not to exclu Christians who are gay but rema celibate. Still, that’s not the way many opponents of the overture received s approval.
Contents:
- ECO, THE NEW ANTI-GAY PRBYTERIAN DENOMATN: COWARDLY LNS
- ANTI-GAY CHRISTIANS NVENG TODAY. WHAT ARE THEY HIDG?
- PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS SAY THOSE WHO INTIFY AS GAY ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR ORDATN
ECO, THE NEW ANTI-GAY PRBYTERIAN DENOMATN: COWARDLY LNS
As you may know, this past summer the Prbyterian Church (PCUSA) cid to allow the ordatn of gay clergy. Yterday a new Prbyterian nomatn * eco presbyterian gay *
ECO, the New Anti-Gay Prbyterian Denomatn: Cowardly Lns.
As you may know, this past summer the Prbyterian Church (PCUSA) cid to allow the ordatn of gay clergy. They’re agast gay people beg ordaed as misters, and so started their own sub-nomatn where that would be prohibed. They won’t say that they’re a one-issue anizatn, that they exist solely opposn to PCUSA’s sanctng the ordatn of gay people.
ANTI-GAY CHRISTIANS NVENG TODAY. WHAT ARE THEY HIDG?
Yterday’s Rters story about ECO is tled Prbyterian group breaks away over gay clergy.
Yet you n search high and low throughout ECO’s webse, and nowhere will you fd a sgle, solary word about gay people or homosexualy. Jt say that you’ve formed bee you believe that gays shouldn’t be ordaed! It means they’re as unfortable as, God knows, they should be about excludg gay people om full participatn the life that J so passnately offered to all.
PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS SAY THOSE WHO INTIFY AS GAY ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR ORDATN
Related Post: Our [Prbyterian] Church: “Sign This Anti-Gay Statement, or Leave”. (UPDATE: A menter to this post wrote: “As a PCUSA pastor I n tell you a big reason why ECO was formed was bee the pastors the anti-gay lobby receive very genero pensn and medil benefs om the PCUSA that they are aaid to leave behd should they follow their nscience to disaffiliate om the nomatn.
” Gee, what a surprise: anti-gay Christian lears whose nscience ends where their wallets beg.