Robert Pigott BBC's religious affairs correspondent Scott Rennie, who has been a minister for 10 years, had a child with his former wife but now lives in an openly gay relationship. His appointment as minister at Queen's Cross Church in Aberdeen was denounced by traditionalists who insisted that the Bible clearly outlawed active homosexuality. About 400 ministers and 5,000 church members signed a petition against the appointment, and an attempt was made at the church's General Assembly to overturn it. The assembly approved Mr Rennie's appointment, but then imposed a two-year moratorium on the ordination of gay clergy while a specially convened group considered the issue. As the assembly met to debate the issue, Mr Rennie said other instructions in the Bible - such as those about stoning adulterers - were no longer followed, adding "we've moved on from that".
