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Reverend’s actions conflict with church policy Handbook says that ‘the church does not limit the roles of its members on the basis of ... sexual orientation’ BY NIKI HOPE REPORTER
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A national Presbyterian official said a local church went against policy when it asked Tory Inglis to leave the Royal City Pride Society. “The way it was reported, it does seem in conflict with our policies,” Colin
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Carmichael, associate secretary of com- Presbyterian Church minister asked her munication for the Presbyterian Church in to a meeting and suggested she withdraw from the Pride group. Canada, told The Record Thursday. Carmichael said the move According to the isn’t in line with church polPresbyterian Church in ◗ MORE ON THIS icy. Canada’s Social Action “It would seem inconsistent Handbook, “the church does Readers write: Letters to for us in the way it was reportnot limit the roles of its mem- the editor reflect mixed ed that she should be forced to bers on the basis of their sexual opinions in the community on churches and Tory make that choice,” he said. orientation.” But he also cautioned that Tory, a 17-year-old les- Inglis’s actions. it was difficult for him to combian who had attended First See pgs. 6,7,8 ment on the situation because Presbyterian Church in New he has not been able to reach Westminster her entire life, appeared in a front-page story in The Record anyone at the church who could explain on June 12. About a month later, her First what happened.
Tory said she met the minister and a female member of the church, and that she was told she was promoting an improper lifestyle. “They said because of my involvement with Pride, I was a poor role model for the youth, and I was leading children to follow a sexual lifestyle,” she said. Tory was not asked to leave the church, but, as a result of the situation, she and her family chose to leave. The church handbook states that homosexual orientation is not a sin and homosexual acts between consenting adults
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