PCUSA votes to divest funds, to marry gays where legal
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has decided to divest church funds from three American companies.
The 310-303 vote June 20 at the church’s General Assembly in Detroit marks a victory for divestment supporters both within and without the 1.8-million-member PCUSA, now the largest American church to embrace divestment as a strategy to pressure Israel to return its illegally held lands.
According to divestment supporters, these companies supply electronic and earth-moving equipment that helps Israel violate Palestinian rights. Presbyterians in support of the resolution described the divestment vote as a long- overdue stand on behalf of Palestinians suffering under the occupation.
