Wow what a change.

Mark Rouleau
rouleau-law@afo.net

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Note #8889 from PCUSA NEWS to PRESBYNEWS:

05463 Sept. 7, 2005

Correction

A recent Presbyterian News Service story about the report of the Theological Task Force on the Peace, Unity and Purity of the Church - #05446, headlined, "Force wraps up largely thankless task: What the proposed 'authoritative interpretation' would and wouldn't do" - contained two errors.

1. Where the story originally said:

"Examining committees could not take refuge in a 'don't ask, don't tell' policy, simply declining to question candidates about sexual practice (reportedly the de facto practice in some presbyteries); the AI would require them to probe into every officer-elect's sexual ethics and practices, without exception."

It should have said (and now does say):

"It would allow - but not require - ordaining bodies to approve candidates who express 'scruples' about the theology that underlies G-6.0106b. Previous PJC decisions as to whether a committee may or should explore a candidate's sexual practices would still apply."

2. Where it originally said:

"There is no provision of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) polity that sanctions 'marriage' rites involving same-sex partners or permits PC(USA) ministers to bless such unions or characterize them as 'marriage.'"

It now reads:

"There is no provision of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) polity that sanctions 'marriage' rites involving same-sex partners or permits PC(USA) ministers to bless such unions if they are characterized as 'marriage.'"