Church Backs Minister Who Married Gays
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A church court ruled that a Presbyterian minister did not violate church law by marrying same-sex couples, reversing a ruling by a lower court.
The permanent judicial commission of the Presbyterian Church (USA) that oversees churches in Ohio and Michigan ruled 6 to 4 that the denomination’s constitution did not prohibit ministers from marrying same-sex couples.
The ruling reversed the lower church court’s conviction of the Rev. Stephen Van Kuiken for marrying same-sex couples.
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