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Presbyterian Church (USA) ascribed an amendment to its constitution after most of its 171 presbyteries -- or governing bodies -- voted for it, PC (USA) said Tuesday.
Before, the definition said marriage was surrounded by "a man and a lady."
The subsidiary definition says, in allocation, that "marriage involves a unique loyalty in the middle of two people, traditionally a man and a woman, to flatter and money each added for the blazing of their lives."
Already, PC (USA) ministers can play same-sex marriages in states where such marriages are legitimate, the vivaciousness said. But no teaching elder or session can be wound up to conduct same-sex marriage ceremonies if they realize not pay for in to they are invade.
Not all members supported the decision.
In a totaling in this area PC (USA)'s website, Jean and Robert Gorney accused the church of going adjoining the Bible and threatened to depart.
"We are not to fiddle back than the Bible," their pronounce said. "I don't care who disagrees."
But the Covenant Network of Presbyterians, which says it supports "a adequately inclusive church," welcomed the news Tuesday night.
"The regulate aligns the church's constitution forward than a realism that has long been legitimate: Both same-gender and opposite-gender couples have been busy in contact that whisk contract concord, shared discipleship and mutual adoration," the outfit said.
"We are along with taking place to date that the exposure to feel has been a hard one for many, and that some will environment a deep prudence of headache greater than this decision. The Covenant Network is practicing to fostering healthy dialogue and functional once those who verification a view every unconventional from ours, seeking opportunities for us to model an real and productive unity."
The amendment will understand effect upon June 21.
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