Lesbian Couple Reportedly Wed At PCUSA Seminary (Apostasy)

By John H. Adams
The Layman Online
Monday, October 9, 2006
 
Two prominent lesbian activists were reportedly "married" Saturday afternoon during a service performed in Caldwell Chapel of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

Dean K. Thompson, president of the seminary, told The Layman Online on Monday that he did not know whether the couple were actually married or whether it was a "union" service, but that, in either event, the seminary forbids discrimination that would limit the use of the chapel.

"I do know that a same-sex union service was requested," Thompson said. "We did not sanction the service. That's the responsibility of the denominations and the officiants."

The service was performed by Cindy J. Weber, pastor of Jeff Street Community Baptist Church in Louisville, a congregation "where all God's children are welcome: gay, straight, black, brown, white, poor and not-so-poor."

 
Asked whether there was a disconnect between the PCUSA's constitutional policy that recognizes only marriage between a man and a women and the seminary's permission to use its chapel for a homosexual wedding, Thompson said yes: the nondiscrimination policy.

"Our major constituent groups have mixed feelings regarding these matters," he said, "but we will not discriminate for the facilities usage." Neither, he added, "will we sanction these services."

Thompson was asked whether he personally supports marriage of homosexual couples. "I am personally not prepared to conduct these services," he replied, repeating his summary of the nondiscrimination policy.
 
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