The Presbyterian Outlook's report on the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s 221st General Assembly, meeting in Detroit, which on 19 June 2014 approved by separate votes an authoritative interpretation (371 to 238) permitting ministers to perform a same-sex marriage where civilly legal, effective at the close of the assembly, and a proposed constitutional amendment (429 to 175) to redefine marriage in the Book of Order from a man and a woman to two people, subject to ratification by a majority of the denomination's presbyteries.
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An independent Presbyterian journalism publication, not the denomination's own communications office, reporting the 221st General Assembly's own floor votes by tally on the day they happened. The 19 June 2014 date and both vote counts (371 to 238 for the authoritative interpretation, 429 to 175 for the proposed constitutional amendment) are corroborated against Juicy Ecumenism's independent, same-day report of the same votes before citing. NotesCited for the 19 June 2014 General Assembly votes: the authoritative interpretation (371 to 238) permitting ministers to conduct a same-sex marriage where civilly legal, effective immediately at the close of the assembly, and the separate proposed constitutional amendment (429 to 175) to redefine marriage in the Book of Order, which still required ratification by a majority of presbyteries before taking effect 21 June 2015.
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PublisherThe Presbyterian Outlook
Publication Year2014
URLhttps://pres-outlook.org/2014/06/pcusa-pastors-granted-leeway-perform-sex-marriages/
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