PCUSA Minister found Guilty
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- A veteran Presbyterian minister was found guilty of violating church law for officiating the weddings of two lesbian couples, the minister's defense team said Friday.
A regional judicial committee of the Presbyterian Church (USA) ruled 6-2 that while the Rev. Jane Spahr of San Rafael "acted with conscience and conviction," her actions were still at odds with the church's constitution, her defense team said in a statement.
The ruling, which was delivered late Thursday by certified mail to lawyers for Spahr and the church, reverses a lower court's decision in March 2006 that she acted within her rights as an ordained minister when she married two lesbian couples in 2004 and 2005.
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posted by Gary @ 9:54 PM
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This will of course be appealed to a higher court. It will be interesting to see what happens next.
Yes. Interesting. But you can probably guess the outcome.
I wish the PCUSA didn't have synods, then you could avoid this time wasting phase.
Yeah. On decisions like this, what's the point of even having lower court? Neither side is going to accept the ruling of a lower court. So get it over with and go straight to the top.
I suppose it gives the church time to procrastinate.
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