Well The Presbyterian Church has put together a 13 member committee to study the issue of Civil Unions vs. Christian Marriages.

Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow made the selection of committee members. The committee members will be looking at 5 different things:

1) The history of the laws governing marriage and civil union, including current policy debates;
2) How the theology and practice of marriage have developed in the Reformed and broader Christian tradition;
3) The relationship between civil union and Christian marriage;
4) The effects of current laws on same-gender partners and their children; and
5) The place of covenanted same-gender partnerships in the Christian community.

The committee is to report their findings next summer in Minneapolis, MN. And just for the record, you should know that the Presbyterian Church already allows it’s ministers to bless same-sex unions as long as their ceremony doesn’t mimic marriage ceremonies.

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