PCUSA votes to divest funds, to marry gays where legal.

DISINVESTMENT; PRESBYTERIAN Church (U.S.A.); CHURCH finance; CATERPILLAR Inc.; HEWLETT-Packard Co.; MOTOROLA Solutions Inc.; HUMAN rights violations; ARAB-Israeli conflict

The article discusses the decision of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) (PCUSA) to divest church funds from U.S. companies Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard and Motorola Solutions, voted upon at the General Assembly held in Detroit, Michigan on June 20, 2014. Divestment supporters argued that the companies supply electronic and earth-moving equipment that aids Israel in violating Palestinian rights. The impact of the vote on Presbyterian-Jewish relations is also discussed.