ROANOKE TIMES

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, June 5, 1990                   TAG: 9006050482
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: EVENING 
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DATELINE: SALT LAKE CITY                                LENGTH: Short


PRESBYTERIANS SEVER TIES WITH SOME CRITICS

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A), embroiled in a dispute over the distribution of sexually explicit literature, has decided to take away semi-official status from some of its severest critics.

The 202nd General Assembly voted to delete a portion of the church's Book of Order that gives groups such as Presbyterians for Lesbian-Gay Concerns and Presbyterians Pro-Life the right to be officially represented at church meetings.

-Associated Press



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