Marriage has been evolving and changing - and not just in recent years. We think of marriage as a stable and unchanging institution, but in the Bible marriage was often between a man and several women. Marriage was often pre-arranged by parents. Women were given into marriage in exchange for property.
That marriage is always being redefined is something that many will deny. The truth is, marriage has changed a great deal.
Our culture is changing its definition of marriage and the General Assembly considered doing the same by modifying the definition as "between a man and a woman" to "between two people."
The debate was long and there were substitute motions to consider, but at the end of the day on Friday, the General Assembly voted to continue to define marriage as between a man and a woman. In other words, it will continue to be against church law in the Presbyterian Church USA for a minister to perform a marriage for gay couples.
Maynard Pittendreigh has been blogging from General Assemblies of the Presbyterian Church (USA) since 2000. This year's 220th General Assembly is meeting in Pittsburgh.
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