From the PG:
In response to a national church decision that appears to allow local option on the ordination of sexually active gay clergy, Pittsburgh Presbytery declared yesterday that it will continue to accept only clergy who "live either in fidelity within the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman or chastity in singleness." It also reiterated a prohibition on its clergy conducting marriages for same-sex couples.
That's our options. Switch teams or remain chaste.
The Rev. Jim Glatz, pastor of Union Presbyterian Church, compared clear standards on sexual behavior to the effort to keep fire in a fireplace, instead of allowing it to burn down the house. He alluded to ministries destroyed by clergy sexual misconduct.
"Sex is a good gift of a loving God that needs to be kept within the loving union of a man and a woman," he said.
Forcing homosexuals to be chaste by denying them marriage is a nice sidestep. Don't ask, don't pray? Don't ask, don't bless? Don't ask, don't fear? Which is it ....
Perhaps Reverend Glatz should put a bit more of his energies into taming the out of control heterosexuals in his pastoral areas and less into demonizing homosexuals. Where's the fun in that?