Edinburgh Presbytery has become the first presbytery to vote on the act sent down from the 2006 Church of Scotland General Assembly allowing ministers to bless same-sex civil unions without fear of prosecution by the church.  By a vote of 126 to 76 the presbytery voted to support the Assembly decision.  Commentators in the news stories on both sides of the issue agree that this presbytery was expected to vote in this way.  Opponents of the act are depending on the negative votes of other presbyteries to defeat it.  It is expected that all the presbyteries will finish voting by January 2007.

The story is covered by Scotsman.com and Christian Today.