Janie Spahr.(PEOPLE)(Brief article)

From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: February 24, 2006 | Copyright information

A self-proclaimed Presbyterian "lesbian evangelist," the Rev. Janie Spahr will face a church court March 2 on charges that she broke church law by officiating at a wedding of two California women last ...

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