http://www.365gay.com/news/presbyterian-pastor-who-performed-gay-wedding-cleared-of-charges/(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) A Presbyterian minister who performed a marriage ceremony for two women in 2005 has been found not guilty of violating the constitution of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Had she been found guilty, the Rev. Janet Edwards, a pastor at Community of Reconciliation Church, could have been reprimanded or defrocked.
It was the second church trial Edwards faced over the marriage. In 2006, the charges were dropped on a technicality. They were then refiled, resulting in this week’s trial in Pittsburgh.
“Scripture has taught me that the heart of marriage is the love and commitment between the partners,” Edwards told the ecclesiastic court. “The testimony today for me confirmed that, and experience as a pastor and as a person has shown me that two men or two women can show all the qualities of marriage.”