Scottish Pastor to Bless Same-Sex Civil Partnerships

An article in Scotland on Sunday posted on Scotsman.com says that the Rev. Kim Cran of Aberdeenshire will bless same-sex civil partnerships.  The 2006 General Assembly of the Church of Scotland did pass a policy permitting this but it passed by a narrow margin and the Assembly, over the objections of the reporting committee, did send it to the presbyteries where it failed by a large margin.  As the article points out the status of blessing these unions is in a bit of a legal limbo since the approval was not approved, but a prohibition is not explicit.  So, disciplinary action will be up to the presbytery and the urban presbyteries voted in favor of blessings civil partnerships. If the PC(USA) experience is any guide disciplinary action will not result.

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