Paul Kitagaki Jr./pkitagaki@sacbee.com

A band plays during the modern service at Fremont Presbyterian Church on March 17, 2013 in Sacramento, Calif. While hundreds of of Presbyterian congregations nationwide - including more than half a dozen in Sacramento - have been torn apart over the ordination of gay clergy, Fremont Presbyterian Church is thought to be the only one in the nation to accommodate both sides. Since January 1st, both the nearly 1,000 "traditionalists" who are opposed to gay clergy and 120 "progressives" who support the Presbyterian Church USA's decision t allow gay clergy share the $9 million church at 5770 Carlson Drive.

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