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"What it's going to cause is divisiveness. I can truly see instances where people are going to leave the church over this. Hopefully more people will stay than leave, but this is such a hot-button issue."-Putnam, pastor of St. Johns United Church of Christ in Butler Township, PA following UCC rule making body's decision to accept gay marriage.
"I would like to see us stay in the denomination and network for positive change. However, many of my members have expressed very clearly that this decision would cause great consternation and that, if this happened, they would want to see us leave....If we had put it to a vote of the people in the pews, it would have failed overwhelmingly. This is truly Independence Day for the UCC: We have declared ourselves independent from the teachings of Jesus and the clear teachings of Scripture."-The Rev. Brett Becker, Cibolo, Texas