Are Scotland's churches out of touch?
A fifth of clergy have signed an against the appointment of an openly gay minister.
But the Reverend Scott Rennie's parish at in Aberdeen say they're happy with their new minister and believe that the national Kirk should be a broad church, encompassing a wide range of beliefs and lifestyles.
The online petition states: "We urgently alert all commissioners to the 2009 General Assembly to the extreme gravity of the situation. We urge the Assembly to support the position of those who stood to defend Christian orthodoxy in Aberdeen Presbytery, and ensure instead that the Church will apply and assert in practice its clear doctrinal position on all matters of marriage and human sexuality, by refusing to condone homosexual practice in general, and among its leaders in particular."
Is faith absolute, or can it change and be adapted in line with social mores?
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