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Members of Rensselaerville Presbyterian Church show their support for the LGBTQ community at the Capital Pride Parade in 2007. The Presbyterian Church in America passed an overature this week to ban the ordination of individuals identifying as gay.
T.J. Thomson

(RNS1-JUNE 19) Members of Rensselaerville Presbyterian Church show their support for the LGBTQ community at the Capital Pride Parade in 2007. The Presbyterian Church (USA) voted Thursday (June 19) to allow clergy to officiate same-sex couples’ marriage ceremonies, part of a move to unify church policy after a flurry of states legalized gay marriage. For use with RNS-PRESBY-GAYS, transmitted June 19, 2014.

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