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In 2008, during that period of time when same-gender marriage was legal in California, Presbyterian Church (USA) minister, Rev. Jane Adams Spahr, officiated at 16 same-gender weddings.\xa0 She was taken to church court and accused of violating her ordination vows.\xa0 The case finally ended up before the General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission, the "supreme court" of the PC(USA). \xa0 By an 8-6 vote she was found guilty.\xa0 Marriage is officially one man and one woman in the PC(USA) regardless of state law. \xa0\xa0 She is my guest.\xa0 She talks about the case, what it means for clergy and the church, and her ministry to LGBT people.\n\n\u201cTo turn my back on the love and lifelong commitments of these wonderful couples would have gone against my faith, the ministry where I was called, and most of all, against God\u2019s amazing hospitality and welcome where love and justice meet together.\u201d --Rev. Jane Adams Spahr\n\nHere are some posts of mine about her work.