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Pensions, Foundation and PILP
GA04055
June 29, 2004

Pensions, Foundation and PILP

by Evan Silverstein

RICHMOND, June 29 -The Committee on Pensions, Foundation and PILP voted down
a commissioner's resolution requesting the Presbyterian Board of Pensions
explore the feasibility of implementing a policy of "providing domestic
partners in long-term committed relationships the same benefits accorded to
married couples." The vote was 29 to 24, with 2 abstentions.

The resolution was submitted by commissioners John Rhodes, of the Presbytery
of New York City, and William Dummer, of the Presbytery of Milwaukee. The
rationale provided with the measure said, "These rights, which married
couples in our society take for granted, are routinely denied to same-sex
couples in long-term relationships."

The sponsors pointed out that the 214th Assembly (2002) reaffirmed the call
of the 1978 Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States
of America (UPCUSA) for members "to work for the passage of laws that
prohibit discrimination ... based on the sexual orientation of a person."

The committee also approved an overture asking that the Board of Pensions
revise its rules for calculating salary for clergy couples sharing one
position, and voted to recommend confirmation of the Rev. James L. Hudson as
president of the Presbyterian Investment and Loan Program and of Robert E.
Leech as president and chief executive officer of the Presbyterian
Foundation.

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