Albert Mohler Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, has a column on the Presbyterian Church USA decision.

The Rev. Janet Edwards, a Presbyterian minister who underwent a church trial for conducting a marriage ceremony for two women, has a Huffington Post column on the gay ordination policy.

An essay in Christianity Today by S. Donald Fortson III, professor of church history and practical theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, N.C., looking at the long history of this issue in Christianity.

Read the May 11, 2011, Presbyterian News Service story on the vote and its implications.

Read a Sept. 7, 2009, Wall Street Journal opinion piece that compares and contrasts the custody disputes involving Amanda Kurowski and Rifqa Bary.

Bernard Schlager is executive director of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry, described as “the only Center for LBGTQ issues and religion established by a seminary or school of religion in the world.” Affiliated with the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, Calif., it has held conferences for LGBT religious leaders.

Lynne Marie Kohm is John Brown McCarty Professor of Family Law at Regent University School of Law in Virginia Beach, Va. Kohm describes herself as “dedicated to family restoration through the application of Christian legal principles.” She also has a blog called Family Restoration.

The Rev. Dan Boone is president and professor of pastoral theology and preaching at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, Tenn.

The Rev. Timothy George is the founding dean and professor of divinity history and doctrine at Beeson Divinity School at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala. He is a senior theological adviser for Christianity Today.