Cafeteria constitutionalism
Cafeteria constitutionalism January 22, 1999 Giving a congregation permission to defy the PCUSA constitution is, in the words of stated clerk Clifton Kirkpatrick, “disappointing and very troubling.” That’s a bit of an understatement. Granting such permission attacks the connections on which our denomination depends for its continued existence. It deserves a forthright response. The action…