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DATE: MONDAY, June 7, 1993                   TAG: 9306070102
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: ORLANDO, FLA.                                LENGTH: Short

PRESBYTERIANS MAY STUDY HOMOSEXUALITY

After years of divisive debate, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is considering launching a three-year study on homosexuality.

The Committee on Human Sexuality of the 205th General Assembly voted 32-2 Sunday to recommend a churchwide study in response to more than 30 requests from regional church bodies that want the church to either strengthen or relax its ban on homosexual clergy.

Under the proposal, the ban on openly gay clergy would stand, but homosexual Presbyterians who have not made their sexuality public would be allowed to participate in the study without retribution.

Gay activists criticized the call for further study as a delay tactic. - Associated Press 


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