In order to be ordained in the Presbyterian Church, a potential Pastor they must first be a member in good standing with an individual congregation that is willing to sponsor them. Then they go through a rigorous process over the course of years, studying the scriptures, reading the theologians that went before, and undergoing independent psychological examination to determine their appropriateness for ministry. There are five tests, our ordination exams, that test competency in Exegesis (Scriptural work) Polity (Church government) Worship and Sacraments, Theology, and basic Biblical Competency. Then they are examined by their Presbytery (our most powerful level of government, comparable to counties in American Government) and finally must be called by an individual congregation.

It's not an easy process, and people are individually examined, not placed into a rubric with so many "yes" or "no" checks required. The section of our constitution that was removed was an oddity in that it created such a rubric, even if it was one with only two questions, that being of chastity in singleness and fidelity in marriage.

Those standards have not gone away, but have gone with all the others, to the discretion of the churches, presbyteries, and pastors in each individual call. Some churches may still feel that it is inappropriate to call a practicing homosexual to be their pastor, and so they won't.