{"id":3208,"date":"2014-06-21T11:05:10","date_gmt":"2014-06-21T16:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/?p=3208"},"modified":"2014-08-22T16:11:40","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T21:11:40","slug":"presbyterian-church-two-big-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2014\/06\/presbyterian-church-two-big-decisions.html","title":{"rendered":"Presbyterian Church: Two Big Decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/video\/api\/embed.html#\/video\/us\/2014\/06\/20\/nr-intv-burke-presbyterians-same-sex-marriage.cnn\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"416\" height=\"234\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>The Presbyterian Church made two big decisions recently.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">First, they voted to allow ministers to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">perform same sex marriages<\/span>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2014\/06\/19\/us\/presbyterian-church-same-sex-marriage\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The CNN video clip<\/a> above explains.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Second, they voted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2014\/06\/21\/us\/presbyterian-church-palestinians\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">to divest themselves<\/a> of investments in companies \u201ctied to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/06\/21\/us\/presbyterians-debating-israeli-occupation-vote-to-divest-holdings.html?_r=0\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">According to the New York Times<\/a>, the \u00a0divestment vote does not deny Israel\u2019s right to exist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cThe measure that was passed not only called for divestment but also reaffirmed Israel\u2019s right to exist, endorsed a two-state solution, encouraged interfaith dialogue and travel to the Holy Land, and instructed the church to undertake \u201cpositive investment\u201d in endeavors that advance peace and improve the lives of Israelis and Palestinians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And below is a clip from Voice of America about the Presbyterian decision to pull its money out of companies doing business in the West Bank.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/english.share.voanews.eu\/flashembed.aspx?t=vid&amp;id=1938347&amp;w=540&amp;h=307&amp;skin=embeded\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"540\" height=\"307\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Presbyterian Church made two big decisions recently. First, they voted to allow ministers to perform same sex marriages. The CNN video clip above explains. Second, they voted to divest themselves of investments in companies \u201ctied to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.\u201d According to the New York Times, the \u00a0divestment vote does not deny [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1838,"featured_media":3211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[33,94],"class_list":["post-3208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-christianity","tag-presbyterians"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Presbyterian Church: Two Big Decisions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Presbyterian Church made two big decisions recently. 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