Pastor welcomes church trial for lesbian marriage

The Rev. Janet Edwards, who is facing a church trial by the Pittsburgh Presbytery for conducting a marriage of two women last year, has sent out invitations to the trial to be held Nov. 15 at The Priory hotel, North Side.

Most people send formal invitations for weddings, but the Rev. Janet Edwards has gone a step further with invitations to her church trial for conducting the wedding of two lesbians.

"I feel such delight in having an opportunity to engage in the absolutely essential discussion that has to go on in the Presbyterian Church over the place of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people among us that I really do want the church to come and join in it and witness it. I can't quash that delight," said the Rev. Edwards, a minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and a pastoral associate at the Community of Reconciliation in Oakland.

Recipients are invited to the Nov. 15 trial at 9 a.m. in The Priory, a small hotel on the North Side. Out-of-town guests are advised of a block of hotel rooms with a shuttle to the trial, and that complimentary travel can be arranged. It further invites them to a "worship celebration and lunch" at the Pittsburgh Golf Club in Schenley Park. It concludes:

"Janet wants the world to come. Feel free to invite anyone."


http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06310/735978-53.stm

Putting a pastor on trial for exemplifying Jesus' openness only underscores the extreme hypocricy of the Church's position. Kudos to Rev. Edwards for bringing such a spotlight!

I hope we get updates on how this turns out.

there was one out here earlier this year for the same thing

the images that causes are too distasteful.

it's 2006 -- therre can be no intelligent rationale for not allowing gay marriage -- other than superstition.
and the church wants to put that on display.