#2 "Gay Couples Can Get Married in Presbyterian Churches Now"

Last month, the Presbyterian Church of the USA voted to allow their pastors perform gay marriages in the states where it is legal. This is a big deal since there are 1.7 million Presbyterians in the US, making it one of the largest Protestant denominations in America. It is also not the first to allow pastors to bless same sex marriages, since other groups like the Quaker and the Evangelical Lutheran Church have already allowed it. At the PCUSA's biennial General Assembly, the votes to allow gay marriage were 61 to 39 percent.  American laws are changing towards gay marriages, revealing that people and their faiths are changing too. The Church is changing the definition of marriage from the" reunion of a man and a woman" to simply "two people." This is a big reinterpretation of what it means to be a Christian and married. The Church believes that their business is to teach the truth, but that the truth can be open to cultural change. As one elder in the General Assembly put it, “The church puts up walls, God tears them down."

The language the author, Emma Guses is straight forward in simple.  Her writing is light compared to her rather controversial article. She uses short sentences and short paragraphs to get her point across.. The author also uses statics and quotes from Presbyterian members to show that her information is valid. Emma Green sounds very professional and knows what she is talking about, without making her sound like a know-it-all or making it boring. She does not show to be biased and does not include her personal opinion in this article; she simply explained why this decision was an important deal and the reasoning behind it.

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/06/gay-couples-can-get-married-in-presbyterian-churches-now/373119/