Click here to download a pdf file of the Amendment 14-F Vote ( FINAL updated 7/7/15) According to the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s Office of the General Assembly (OGA), the final vote tally for Amendment 14-F is 121 in favor and 48 against, with two presbyteries taking no action on the issue. The amendment was actually approved on March 17, when a majority…
By Greg Garrison, AL.com The Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley, a central Alabama group of churches affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA), voted 75-39 Thursday in favor of approving gay marriages. They became one of about 38 presbyteries nationwide that have voted in favor of gay marriage, with 14 voting against. [Current vote total is…
By Heidi Hall, The Tennessean An amendment changing the church’s definition of marriage squeaked through a Presbytery of Middle Tennessee vote on Saturday, as local Presbyterians became some of the first in the nation to help decide the issue. Only 23 of 171 presbyteries — what the denomination calls its regional bodies — have voted on an…
By Bill Sherman, Tulsa World (Oklahoma) Pastors and lay leaders in the Eastern Oklahoma Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church (USA) voted this week against a proposed change in the denomination’s constitution that would recognize same-sex marriage. Meeting in Bristow, the presbytery voted 46 to 33, with one abstention, against the change that would no longer…
Presbyteries in the Presbyterian Church (USA) have begun voting on the eight amendments sent down by the 221st General Assembly. While The Layman Online and other web sites are “tracking” the voting on the proposed redefinition of marriage (Amendment 14-F), some people are simply asking, “How would you vote on the rest of them?” So, if I had a…