The Presbytery of the James, which represents 113 churches in central Virginia with 28,000 members, voted against a proposed amendment to the denomination's constitution that may have allowed non-celibate gays and lesbians to become ordained pastors and elders.
The vote, 192-125, occurred after a brief and civil debate during a meeting at Ginter Park Presbyterian Church this afternoon.
The amendment would remove the requirement that ministers "live either in fidelity within the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman or chastity in singleness."
-- Robin Farmer
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