Church of Scotland votes to allow ministers to be in same-sex marriages

Posted on May 22, 2016 
Filed under Other denominations

church-of-scotland-ga-2016“The Church of Scotland’s highest law-making body has voted to allow its ministers to be in same-sex marriages.

The church’s general assembly, which opened in Edinburgh on Saturday, voted in favour of extending a law passed last May that permits ministers to be in same-sex civil partnerships.

The decision, after years of deliberation, means the church maintains the traditional view marriage as between a man and woman, but allows individual congregations to ‘opt out’ if they wish to appoint a minister or deacon in a same-sex marriage or civil partnership…”

– Story from The Guardian. (Photo credit: Church of Scotland.)

Related (from June 2012): St. George’s Tron, Glasgow, secedes from Church of Scotland.

“We believe the Church of Scotland is choosing to walk away from the biblical gospel, and to walk apart from the faith of the worldwide Christian Church.”