Edwards is a former moderator of Pittsburgh Presbytery. In 2008, she went on trial before a church court for performing a same-gender marriage for a lesbian couple, but was acquitted after the court determined that she couldn’t actually have performed a marriage, because the PC(USA) defines Christian marriage as being between a man and a woman.
Despite that, she is proceeding as a candidate, saying, “God has called me to lead the church in proclaiming the gospel with joy and living together as the body of Christ with power.” She also feels “called to build bridges and reconciliation” with those who disagree with her regarding “the place of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender faithful in the church.”
