Part two of the PC(USA)’s 'Journey to LGBTQIA+ Inclusion' is released
The video explores how gay and straight Presbyterians worked for the rights of LGBTQIA+ people
In 1978, the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. approved a minority report from the Task Force to Study Homosexuality, banning LGBTQIA+ people from holding official leadership roles in churches and in the denomination.
The UPCUSA’s declaration marked a turning point in Presbyterians’ historic fight for LGBTQIA+ inclusion. In the decades that followed, gay and straight Presbyterians worked tirelessly side by side for the rights of LGBTQIA+ people — within the denomination and beyond.
Watch part two in a three-part series about the PC(USA)’s journey to inclusion and access its accompanying resource page.
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Journey to Inclusion part 1
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The PC(USA)'s Journey to Inclusion (Part 2)
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Journey to Inclusion part 1
The series, which launched last week, includes resource pages that can be distributed through church and mid council newsletters and can also be found on the LGBTQIA+ ministries page.
Next week, the third and final video of the series will be released. That video will explore how the continued efforts for equity would eventually lead to ordination and marriage rights for LGBTQIA+ Presbyterians.
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