A sampling of 2010 PCUSA General Assembly actions
No ratification process required:
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1. Health and pension benefits extended to same-sex "spouses" of employees
2. General Assembly commission appointed to re-organize middle governing bodies
3. Reports from the Task Force on Civil Unions and Christian Marriage sent to the church
4. Amended Middle East Study Committee paper, "Breaking Down the Walls"
5. Distribution of a gracious dismissal policy
Ratification by presbyteries required (simple majority):
6. Ordination: Strike and replace fidelity and chastity standard (G-6.0106b)
7. (Amended) new Form of Government
Ratification by presbyteries (2/3 required) and subsequent majority vote by 220th GA in 2012:
8. Add the Belhar Confession to the Book of Confessions