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By Editors at Christian News Network<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"RNS-PRESBY-GAYS\"<\/a>DETROIT \u2014 The 1.8 million-member Presbyterian Church (USA) voted Thursday (June 19) to allow\u00a0homosexual \u2018weddings,\u2019 making it among one of\u00a0the largest religious groups to take an embracing step toward openly supporting homosexuality.<\/p>\n

By a 76-24 percent vote, the General Assembly of the PCUSA voted to allow their\u00a0pastors to perform\u00a0homosexual \u201cmarriages\u201d in states where they are considered legal. Delegates, meeting in Detroit this week, also approved new language about marriage in the\u00a0PCUSA Book of Order, or constitution, altering references to \u201ca man and woman\u201d to \u201ctwo persons.\u201d<\/p>\n

This change will not become church law until a majority of the 172 regional presbyteries vote to ratify the new language. But given the lopsided 3-1 ratio of the vote, approval is expected.<\/p>\n

Homosexual activists within the\u00a0PCUSA rejoiced at their victory, which was remarkable for its margin of victory after multiple years of razor-thin defeats. Click here<\/a> to continue reading.<\/p>\n

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