Church of Scotland votes to allow gay and lesbian ministers

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: Guardian

Scotland's largest protestant church has swept away centuries of tradition and voted to allow gay men and lesbians to become ministers, opening up the prospect of the church allowing civil partnerships for same-sex couples.

The Church of Scotland imposed a temporary moratorium in 2009 on admitting gay and lesbian ministers after Scott Rennie became the first openly gay clergyman in a homosexual partnership to be officially appointed as a minister in the church.

The church's general assembly, its law-making body, voted on Monday to lift that moratorium, officially officially allowing gay ministers to take on parishes for the first time since its formation 450 years ago.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/23/church-of-scotland-gay-lesbian-ministers

[Ian David]

1. This is great, but there can be only ONE!

Oh, wait.

That's Immortals, not gay ministers.