MADISON, WI - The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) plans to ordain the first openly homosexual candidate for ministry since the denomination struck down barriers this year to clergy with same-sex partners.
As of July 10, the church's constitution no longer requires that clergy live "in fidelity within the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman, or chastity in singleness."
Scott Anderson, who heads the Wisconsin Council of Churches, will be ordained as a teaching elder on October 8 at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Madison.
Anderson and his male partner have been together for about two decades.
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