Glad to see that they "didn't" do that!
This evening - July 8, 2010 - the General Assembly (GA) of the PCUSA voted to uphold the traditional definition of marriage as being between one man and one woman. Earlier this week the GA committee on Civil Unions and Marriage Issues had recommended that the entire Assembly change the definition of marriage to be between two people, which would have allowed homosexual couples to enter into a covenant of Christian Marriage.
Earlier in the same session, the GA sent two reports on the nature of marriage to all presbyteries and sessions for study. One report, which came before the Assembly as the majority recommendation from the committee, advocates allowing same-sex marriage. The other report, which came before the Assembly as the minority report from the committee, advocates the traditional definition of marriage. These reports were essentially combined by a motion from the floor so that both reports will be sent out for further study by presbyteries and sessions.
Before the Assembly was able to consider the committee's recommendation to alter the definition of marriage, a commissioner moved that the rest of the committee's recommendations be answered by the action taken by the Assembly in sending out the two reports mentioned above. After debate, this motion was approved by a vote of 348-324, only a 2% margin - 51% for and 49% against.
Thus, the Presbyterian Church (USA) maintains a traditional definition of marriage as between one man and one woman. Officially, same-sex marriages are not sanctioned by the denomination and this will remain the case for at least the next two years until the 220th General Assembly convenes in 2012.
http://www.examiner.com/x-53209-Richmond-Protestant-Examiner~y2010m7d9-PCUSA-General-Assembly-upholds-traditional-definition-of-marriage
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