Gays and lesbians in relationships could still be barred from ordination under a separate church law passed in 1997, but liberals said removal of the 1978 restriction would be a major step toward full inclusion for gays in the church.

``It provides opportunities for gays and lesbians they did not have before,'' said Doug Nave, who serves on the board of the Covenant Network, a group of Presbyterians lobbying for gay ordination. ``We think it will show that Christians can disagree on something and still be part of a single community of faith.''

Actually, I think Paul had something to say about that:

1Cor:5:11:
11 But now I have written to you, not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator or covetous or a server of idols or a railer or a drunkard or an extortioner: with such a one, not so much as to eat. (DRV)

Yeah, you can disagree on something that there's not an answer to, like the relation between grace and will, or maybe whether Mary died before the Assumption or something like that. Disagreeing on something that has an answer, however, is a little more sketch.