From: NewNowNext
The National Church of Scotland voted during its general assembly this weekend to recognize ministers and deacons who are in same-sex marriages, but it’s not giving up its traditional stance that marriage is between a man and a woman.
The vote will allow congregations to break away from those traditional teachings if they want to appoint a minister or a deacon in a same-sex marriage, however, clergy from the Church of Scotland will still not be allowed to conduct same-sex weddings.
The principal clerk of the Church of Scotland’s General Assembly, Rev. John Chalmers, put out a statement saying, “We had a debate which made very clear that we were not interfering with our theological definition of marriage and were not going to the place where ministers or deacons could themselves conduct same-sex marriages. It is an entirely different discussion.”
The debate on gay marriages within the church will continue, but it won’t happen until the church’s Theological Forum presents a report on the theology of marriage next year.
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