May 10th, 2011
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Author: Two regions of The Presbyterian Church (USA) are set to make votes on Tuesday that would create the majority vote needed for the larger body to approve gay clergy.
The 173 regional bodies, or presbyteries, have been voting since early 2011 on Amendment 10-A, which was adopted by the denomination’s General Assembly in July 2010.
As of May 9, 2011, as many as 86 presbyteries had approved Amendment 10-A, just one shy of the simple majority of 87 needed for overall passage. A number of regions have switched their votes from “no” to “yes” this time around.
Two regions, the Presbytery of the Pacific in Southern California and the Presbytery of the Twin Cities in Minnesota are voting Tuesday, according to an article in The Layman, a conservative Presbyterian periodical. Both regional bodies have previously voted to allow gay clergy, so their approval is expected, and would put the amendment over the top. If passed, it would go into effect on July 10, 2011.
Said The Rev. Michael Adee — the executive director of More Light Presbyterians, a group that's been working since 1974 to make the church more inclusive:
"This helps the Presbyterian Church be a grown-up church.That we trust people to work out their faith, their salvation and their intimate lives. And in a sense, the Presbyterian Church has the opportunity to trust God to be at work in calling people to ministry and for us to trust each other. And several pastors have said to me, we don't like being the bedroom police."
Listen to a segment regarding the vote from Minnesota Public Radio, AFTER THE JUMP…
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