Minister pursuing gay wedding case

[davidinalameda]

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06343/744827-85.stm

A new case may be brought against the Rev. Janet Edwards, the Presbyterian minister who was taken to church court for marrying a lesbian couple only to have the charges dropped because the court found they were filed four days late.

The Rev. James Yearsley, who filed the complaint against her last year, is gathering the signatures of ministers and elders in the Presbyterian Church (USA) who want to join him in pursuing the case. It would not be double jeopardy since she was never tried, he said.

"I'm still accumulating names. This means that the whole process starts over," said Mr. Yearsley, who has served churches in Pittsburgh Presbytery but now works in Florida.

Ms. Edwards admits conducting the marriage and believes a high church court ruling that ministers "should not" do so is not an absolute ban.

these ministers should spend more time preaching Jesus' message and less time trying to drag others down, the

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. How did marrying this couple

hurt marriage? The fact that these two ladies went to a church to solemnize their vows of faithfulness and love towards one another means that they find the church to be a spiritual home-probably got this idea from the teachings of that Jewish rabbi named Joshua.