With the vote last Tuesday by Twin Cities Presbytery in favor (205-56) of Amendment 10-A, the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. now has sufficient approval from a majority of presbyteries to remove provisions in its constitution that prohibited the ordination of sexually active homosexuals.
Gone is the language of “fidelity and chastity” and in its place comes the human relations discourse of competency—“calling, gifts, preparation, and suitability” as well as “ability and commitment.” For both sides of the debate, this is a momentous decision. But for others who have watched the deterioration of mainline Protestantism since at least the 1920s, this decision hardly comes as a surprise.
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