By Peter Smith / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Presbyterian Church (USA) is on track to rewrite the definition of marriage in its constitution by allowing it to include same-sex couples. More than 40 percent of presbyteries, or regional governing bodies, have voted on the change as of Friday. While there’s no official count yet, advocacy groups…
Today’s edition of The Tennessean (Nashville), includes a story by journalist Heidi Hall, reporting on the upcoming “marriage definition” vote to be taken by the Presbytery of Middle Tennessee. The article, “Middle Tennessee Presbyterians to vote on marriage definition,” begins with this: Middle Tennessee’s Presbyterians will help interpret what marriage means for members of their denomination,…
By Michael Gryboski No certainty exists over the fate of an amendment brought before the regional bodies of Presbyterian Church (USA) that would redefine the denomination’s marriage definition to include same-sex unions. Last month, the largest Presbyterian denomination in the country voted in favor of a recommendation to change the official definition of marriage in…