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From the Covenant Network Board

October 28, 2011

The Board of Directors of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians has issued the following statement concerning its purpose and mission:

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SPJC Upholds Spahr Conviction for Performing Legal Same-Gender Marriages

March 29, 2011

The Permanent Judicial Commission of the Synod of the Pacific (SPJC) has upheld the conviction of the Rev. Jane Adams Spahr for performing marriages of same-gender couples during the period of 2008 when such marriages were legal in California.

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Appeal of Jane Spahr Conviction Will Be Heard This Week

March 22, 2011

The Permanent Judicial Commission of the Synod of the Pacific (SPJC) will hear the Rev. Jane Spahr’s appeal of her conviction for performing 16 same-sex marriages in California during the period in 2008 when such marriages were legal, and “representing that [these] same sex ceremonies . . . were marriages of persons of the same sex.” The hearing will be held in Oakland, CA, on March 24.

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California Clergyman Acquitted in Legal Civil Marriage Case

March 3, 2011

The Rev. Erwin Barron, a professor of ethics living in San Francisco, was acquitted by the PJC of the Presbytery of the Twin Cities of violating the Constitution by contracting a legal civil marriage in California during the brief period in 2008 when such unions were legally sanctioned.

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GAPJC Finds Massachusetts Minister Not Guilty for Legally Marrying Two Women Parishioners

February 15, 2011

The General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission (GAPJC) ruled on February 8 that the Rev. Jean Southard “did not violate the Book of Order or her ordination vows” by presiding at the 2008 marriage of a same-gender couple – two active members of the Massachusetts congregation she then served.

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Church, Politics, & Church Politics: The Future of LGBT Issues

January 21, 2011

Come to our Southwest Regional Conference at St. Mark Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach, CA, March 4-6, for an engaging and provocative weekend about LGBT issues in church and politics, and about our hope for the future. Rev. Dr. Mel White is the plenary speaker, and Covenant Network Co-Moderator Mary Lynn Tobin preaches at the opening worship.

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