Presbyterians recently ordained their first openly gay minister, Scott Anderson. Anderson was a Presbyterian minister from 1983 to 1990 when he told his congregation about his sexual proclivity. He said a couple in the church learned he was gay and "tried to use that against him." Perhaps they weren't trying to do anything "against him." Perhaps they were just taking a moral stand.
The church constitution did have a requirement that clergy live "in fidelity within the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman, or chastity in singleness." But that old fuddy-duddy rule was eliminated last year because of the trend in society toward accepting same sex relationships. Maybe they should be less concerned about what society accepts and more concerned about what God accepts.
"Presbyterians to ordain their first openly gay minister." The Dallas Morning News; October 8, 2011; p. 6A.
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