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Lesbian minister tried and convicted of performing homosexual weddings in Presbyterian Church USA by Peter Menkin

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The Rev. Jane Adams Spahr testified at her trial for violating her ordination vows by performing same-sex marriage ceremony

A blatantly gay player for the change in the Presbyterian Church USA accept gay marriage to remarry pending appeal on charges of committing her fourth offense gay people in another church wedding. Even openly lesbian, as she herself describes her position as an ordained Presbyterian Church USA minister, now retired, her lifelong mission has been to the church to let gays and lesbians in the eyes of God to be married, although this against Church teaching.

The Redwood Empire study was reported as follows: officiated at 16 same-sex weddings in a window, if the unions legal in was California. Spahr She is a former San Francisco lesbian minister, the attitude has its disputed the church over homosexuality register. Napa reported they "persisted in a pattern or practice of disobedience" against the Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (USA) between 17 June and November 2008 by the implementation of the ceremonies such as weddings.

The study on the church was described by reporter Alisha Wyman, Covenant Presbyterian Church in Napa drew a crowd of ministers, media and other interested persons. Six Commissioners from the Permanent Judicial Commission of the Presbytery of the Redwoods, the California represents 54 communities in the north under the chairmanship of the procedure seated at a table set at the end of the sanctuary.

Witness to the lesbian couple in the study were the usual heart-rendering story of her sadness about the nature of the denial of marriage rights in the church, and the usual claim of her being second class citizens as a consequence of the Presbyterian Church USA refuse to accept marriages are not between a man and a woman.

As did the defense argument, Scott Clark, who is the Spahr, together with defense advisor Reverend Beverly Brewster offered, Spahr anything in violation of the Constitution or the Bible. It is the defense of the opinion that both call for the church to be open to its members and the love of all God's people, said Scott Clark.

The gay activist, former minister, Reverend Spahr, who is 68 years old and a gay minister who is sexually active was in the Presbytery of the Redwoods with injury for documents of the Presbyterian Church (USA) by these ceremonies "marriages burdened." public rebuke, prosecutors are required for the lowest level of censorship. Many opposed to gay marriage in the Presbyterian Church USA may ask, why so small a punishment done for so chronic and flagrant an act in a nearby chronic series of actions for which they do not regret committing any mourning, but very proud of.

In another Napa Register newspaper report. The discipline decision was explained as this: Spahr acquittal, the Commission justified its that the definition of marriage definition is a only and is not subject to discipline. In Spahr not define the ceremonies as "marriages" in their reports.

Scott Clark, which said Spahr, she was on the integration and openness inherent in their actions.

The ten couples want Janie Spahr and defender Scott Clark, and Beverly Brewster for the reading of the decision. Jim Spahr, SPHAR ex-husband and longtime supporter, sits with prosecutor Joan Blackstone, who is a friend of the family is Spahr.

This progressive religious theological arguments as popular and widespread in California and especially in Northern California and San Francisco are the Reverend Spahr, of a minister is an evangelist for the progressive organization, serving all may open, as in before going to bed in 2007 be held. She has an ordained minister for 36 years and served at the First Presbyterian Church in San Rafael, California (Marin County, north of San Francisco), the Metropolitan Community Church in San Francisco and the Downtown United Presbyterian Church in New York. So firmly reporter Alisha Wyman is a second Napa Register story. This writer takes reporters Wyman witness at trial was only held.

In its verdict, the commissioners blamed their blame, they were finished their sentences, up to a calling procedure.

Spahr, a lesbian activist, at the Covenant Presbyterian Church in Napa, California, USA has been said, the church asked the Commissioners to review its policies that are contradictory and the gospel of Jesus Christ, Moderator Jim Jones to read from the opinion. So the eyewitness report said.

With the Napa Register newspaper story, a reader would be the members of the church that held the most recent attempt to think favors the formation of a religious marriage between homosexuals such actions:

"Please understand, there is nothing but love for Jane and the work they do for us," said Covenant Presbyterian Church elder Elizabeth Groell.

In a 30th August 2010 press release from the Presbyterian Church USA, entitled "Spahr guilty of same-sex marriage fees found", "journey of reconciliation" required as a state church law differ, says Hof –

Spahr, 68, a retired honorable member of the Presbytery of the Redwoods was to preside over the 20th June 2008 marriage of a same-sex couple, while such marriages were recognized and recorded as legal by the State of California charged.

It was also charged with another 15 Spahr presided over same-sex Marriages during that time.

The third charge was that in presiding over the civil marriage ceremonies, Spahr has been violated her ordination vows, failed to an authoritative interpretation of the Presbyterian Church (USA) obey 's Book of Order.

The civil law was not the problem in this process. "This is an ecclesiastical court," said Blackstone, "and we are not here to debate civil rights." The prosecution called no witnesses.

[A defense witness named] Krause said … on the biblical understanding of marriage and how Spahr has not act in violation of their vows of ordination. She argued that the book is based on the contract definition of marriage to a contemporary understanding of partnership, while the biblical understanding on the idea that a woman is based as property and subject to the husband.

Krause noted that one of the PC (USA) predecessor denominations, the United Presbyterian Church changed in the U.S., the definition of marriage in its Constitution in the 1950s as a response to cultural change, opens up the possibility of remarriage in church after the divorce.

Says Kraus noted that marriage is a unique mix of public and ecclesiastical authority.

"Calvin taught that the civil authority of the Treaty and created the Church solemnize it," said Krause. If the definition of marriage was in harmony between the two institutions, Krause continued, the 2008 authoritative interpretation had logic …

"I am deeply proud of the NRR and all involved with the process," executive presbyter and stated clerk Redwoods Robert Conover said, "and I am deeply from the grief of those who moved to feel hurt by these decisions." "I am deeply proud of the NRR and all involved with the process," executive presbyter and stated clerk Redwoods Robert Conover said, "and I am deeply from the grief of those who moved to feel hurt by these decisions."

The explanation for Presbyterian Church USA and is published in the press credited: Anitra Kitt … a freelance writer in Northern California and a candidate for the office under the care of the Presbytery of the Cascades.

Susan Childress, Special to the layman Online Posted Monday 6th March 2006 said in its Web report, seven members of California Redwoods Permanent Judicial Commission found presbytery that the one Rev. Dr. Jane Adams Spahr, an ordained Presbyterian minister, evangelist and lesbian activist committed "no crime" and acted "in their right to freedom of conscience "when they pronounced every few lesbian" bride and groom and partner in life "in 2004 and 2005. (Note: This is Jane Spahr's court, not its the last one of 2010 reported in the lay.)

It is clear from the Presbyterian Church USA Layman website that Rev. Spahr is both unreasonable and "swear" to change their revolutionary purposes continue the marriage in the Presbyterian Church USA to make it even between avowed, practicing homosexuals:

"Today is just a beautiful day for us," said Spahr submitted directly to the Commission on 01/06 Church of the Roses in Santa Rosa, chosen for its location within the Redwood presbytery and for the lack of its association with either the defense or prosecution.

"Today it was an honor who we are, and we can not say what that means for us," said Spahn. Announce that they continue to marry, both lesbian and gay couples have, Spahr, "I know that we continue to do our work with love, with integrity and justice."

the practice and faith marriage did homosexuals from regarding homosexual, is part they are the future, there's gay and lesbian marriage in the future. A One Lesbian, who is married, told writer Susan Childress, and they cited. .. Douglass, 41, Rochester resident raised in San Rafael, Calif., said she met with Spahr, 27 years ago when they served Presbyterian attended a youth group where Spahr. "Lesbian in a Presbyterian church was as really horrible, because you're okay seen where not like, "she said. Douglass has solved the problem by including in the denomination and the assumption that" the Church would only catch up yet. "

The San Francisco gay newspaper The Advocate reported briefly on the results:

"This is such a sad moment for the Church" Spahr, a minister said since 36 years already, in a statement. "Today, rejected the church of God" amazing hospitality and welcome. It deeply concerns me and makes me sad.

Interestingly, in its ruling, praised the church Spahr:

In reality, we live in today, the marriage between same-sex and opposite sex individuals, and we need as a church be able to respond this reality as Dr. Jane Spahr did with loyalty and compassion.

Spahr and her team are looking at legal options for redress.

 

Addendum

Janie began her "out" the liberation of working with and for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
as the minister of pastoral care in the area of Castro Metropolitan Community Church in San
Francisco from 1980-1982, knew as their own Presbyterian denomination not know what to do
This "lesbyterian.

In November 1982, Janie, along with many friends, founded the Ministry of Light Industry, the spectrum center for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender concerns was. She served
as Executive Director for over 10 years. From youth groups, parents groups, PFLAG, support groups, family camps, AIDS Ministry Speakers Bureau, this office has the L / G / B / T Center in Marin County, California, where they continue to thrive. Janie finished her work there on 28 February 1993.

In November 1991, Janice called to serve as one of four co-pastors of the city
United Presbyterian Church in Rochester, New York. She was denied that by calling
Identification of the highest court in November 1992. In March 1993, the United Downtown
Presbyterian Church invited her Evangelist Janie become spread the good news by
"Personing the topic" Church and challenging exclusive policy.

Janie has traveled around the country, education and information to the Presbyterians and other work on behalf of more
Inclusiveness for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.CLGS is honored their papers in the archive include CLGS, free together with material from The All May Serve, a pioneer LGBT justice ministry in the Presbyterian Church (USA). Both collections are being cataloged and archived. CLGS be a message when they are accessible on the Internet for research.

(Biographical data are from the LGBT Religious Archives Network Profile Gallery .)

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