...A minister who was ousted from the Presbyterian Church USA for violating an order to stop marrying homosexual couples has been reinstated. Rev. Stephen Van Kuiken was ousted in June as a Presbyterian minister and pastor for defying the order from leaders of the Cincinnati presbytery. But the church court that oversees Presbyterians in Ohio and Michigan now says Van Kuiken should not have been removed while he was appealing that order, so it is reinstating Van Kuiken's membership and ministry in the mainline denomination. The highest Presbyterian court ruled in 2000 that ministers may bless same-sex unions but cannot marry the couples. Van Kuiken says his reinstatement will allow him to challenge that policy's legitimacy.