MLP hopes to build on the pro-LGBT advances of the 219th General Assembly and the subsequent Amendment 10-A campaign that removed barriers to the ordination of openly lesbian and gay candidates for ministry from the constitution of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
MLP is committed to the achievement of spiritual, ordination and marriage equality for LGBT persons within our Church and equal rights in civil society. Our 220th General Assembly strategy is expressed by the following statement unanimously adopted by the MLP Board of Directors in San Antonio, TX on February 19, 2012:
We Are OneAs we approach the 220th General Assembly, we do so strengthened by the words of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. In a letter to the Presbyterian Church (USA) about the passage of G-2.0104, he wrote: "It is incumbent upon all of God’s children to speak out against injustice...it is not always popular to do justice, but it is always right."
More Light Presbyterians are grateful to be in the PCUSA, as together we live into the ordination standards of G-2.0104. We look forward to working on the many important issues coming before the 220th General Assembly, and we fully support all movement toward marriage equality in the church.
We stand opposed to the schismatic attempts to reinstate the previous aberrant ordination standards in any form. We are grieved by the recent efforts to undermine our community, and weaken the covenant that binds us. We pray for the unity of our church and in particular for faithful members who find themselves in conflicted congregations, saying with Paul…
There is one body and one Spirit, just as we were called to the one hope of our calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism (Ephesians. 4:4-5)
The National Board of Directors, More Light Presbyterians
