The Presbyterian Coalition Bibles
Christian Marriage and Civil Union
A special committee to study Civil Unions and Christian Marriage was approved by the 218th GA in 2008. They have released their final report, which will go to the 219th GA in July, 2010.
Advisory from the Presbyterian Renewal Network
on Marriage and Civil Unions.

The Majority Report from the Committee to the General Assembly.

The Minority Report, which we support.

Overtures

Draft Overture
on how the constitutional definition of marriage might be changed. Might your presbytery be interested in sending up such an overture?
Overture from New Covenant Presbytery
Affirming the biblical teaching on marriage.
Overture from Prospect Hill Presbytery
Affirming the biblical teaching on marriage.

 

The PC(USA) Constitution on Marriage

What the Book of Order Says About Marriage
What the Book of Confessions Says About Marriage

 

Commentary on the Work of the Special Committee

One Committee, Two Reports
A report on the committee's final meeting, by Alan Wisdom.
An Open Letter
from the Presbyterian Coalition, addressing some of the weaknesses of the report.
The Elephant in the Room
that no one really wanted to confront
It's Not Easy to Describe an Elephant
much less to confront it.
The Committee's June 2009 Meeting
Middle Way or Co-Existence?
The Committee's September 2009 Meeting
The Politics of Consensus
Following the Lead of the Lutherans
by ignoring confessional teachings

 

Resources on Marriage

Paul and Homosexual Practice
A 50-minute presentation made by Dr. Robert Gagnon at the Ruth Institute (a project of the National Organization for Marriage) in August, 2009.
Marriage: The First of Institutions
by Gilbert Meilaender
Marriage and the Public Good: 10 Principles
Theology Matters, May/June 2009
Is Marriage Worth Defending?
by Alan Wisdom, Director of Presbyterian Action
Is the Gay Marriage Debate Over?
by Mark Galli, Christianity Today
Revelation and Homosexual Experience
by Wolfhart Pannenberg
This Isn't Tolerance
Alan Wisdom comments on the effects on whole communities of laws that change the definition of marriage. In every case the laws have been enacted without the consent of the governed.

 

Some Responses to the Committee

A Letter
from the Session of Vienna Presbyterian Church; Vienna VA
A Response
from the Presbytery of Mississippi
A Letter
from Jim Berkley, pastor and member of the Coalition board
A Letter
from Alan Wisdom, Director of Presbyterian Action
A Letter
from Mark Brewer, pastor and member of the Coalition Board

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