ARTICLE MISLEADING.(Main)

I am writing in response to the article "Albany Presbytery helps lesbian minister" which appeared on Nov. 10. The article contains several statements which give a misleading impression of the actual level of support in this case. For example, the Presbytery did act to spend $1,000 to help pay legal expenses, but this action was taken back in March, well before the recent decision by the General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission of the PC (USA) which was described in the article. By omitting the date of the action, the article implies that the decision to send the money was a reaction to the decision of the Permanent Judicial Commission, which it was not. The vote on the …