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"Amendment
01-A" If adopted by a majority (87) of the 173 presbyteries,
it would remove G-6.0106b ("Amendment B"), and
more... |
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"Amendment
B" (96-B), the fidelity & chastity requirement
for ordained church officers, adopted in 96/97 and now part of the
Book of Order as G-6.0106b:
"Those who are called to office in the church are to lead
a life in obedience to Scripture and in conformity to the historic
confessional standards of the church. Among these standards is the
requirement to live either in fidelity within the covenant of marriage
between a man and a woman (W-4.9001), or chastity in singleness. Persons
refusing to repent of any self-acknowledged practice which the confessions
call sin shall not be ordained and/or installed as deacons, elders,
or ministers of the Word and Sacrament." |
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"Amendment
A" (97-A) was the attempt in 97/98 to remove G-6.0106b
again from the Book of Order. It failed. |
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"Amendment O"
(00-O) : Failed. If it had been ratified by a majority (87) of
the 173 presbyteries, the following paragraph would have been inserted
in the Directory of Worship of the Book of Order as W.49007:
“Scripture and our Confessions teach that God’s intention
for all people is to live either in fidelity within the covenant of
marriage between a man and a woman or in chastity in singleness. Church
property shall not be used for, and church officers shall not take
part in conducting, any ceremony or event that pronounces blessing
or gives approval of the church or invokes the blessing of God upon
any relationship that is inconsistent with God’s intention as
expressed in the preceding sentence.” It failed |
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The
pairs of numbers detailing voting results always have the affirmative
vote first |
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The
result of the vote in presbyteries is determined by "a majority
of the votes cast." Only "yes" and "no"
votes (or similar wordings) are valid; all other votes (including
"no action" and "abstention") are not valid and
should not be counted among the "votes cast".
However, if a presbytery votes to take "no action" on this
amendment, the vote will be recorded here as a negative one, since
each amendment needs an affirmative vote of a majority of all 173
presbyteries for its adoption (87 affirmative votes), and therefore
in this case "no action" has the same effect as voting "no". |
