Presbyterian leaders OK gay clergy
This is a monumental step for healing in the worldwide church. But this wasn’t exactly a majority (54% to 46%); divisions still exist.
In other denominations, the California-Pacific Annual Conference (part of United Methodist Church) recently passed a resolution changing their views on the ordination of those in the GLBT community, defying the larger United Methodist Church. “We want to affirm same-sex couples who choose to marry and some of our pastors who choose knowing that it is in violation of United Methodist Church law to participate in those marriages,” says the Rev. Frank Wulf.