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w8liftinglady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-24-11 07:39 AM
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Auburn church embraces discussion of gay marriage
http://auburnpub.com/news/local/article_cc53130c-fdf9-11e0-a23c-001cc4c002e0.html

AUBURN — Several dozen people partook in a discussion about same-sex marriage Sunday morning at Westminster Presbyterian Church, settling nothing but sharing their opinions openly.

It was a part of the church’s series of adult education forums; one last week focused on interfaith marriage.

Always a controversial topic, same-sex marriage has become yet more prominent in New York this year since the Legislature passed a law legalizing it.

The Ledyard town clerk objected to that law and declined to sign same-sex marriages licenses on religious grounds, thereby putting herself near the center of a nationwide debate and drawing a write-in election challenge.

The Presbyterian church itself is at an uneasy impasse, allowing openly gay pastors but prohibiting clergy from conducting same-sex marriages.



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