Sexuality Policy Need Not Tear Church Apart
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › August 21, 2007
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I HAVE WATCHED my church - the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - debate sexuality for 20 years. A key concern has been the role of gays and lesbians in the pastoral ministry. We allow gays and lesbians in our pulpits, but have expected them to abstain from sexual relationships, even if in a committed relationship comparable to marriage.
Earlier this month, by a vote of 538 to 431, the highest decision- making body of our denomination urged bishops to exercise "restraint" in disciplining clergy who violate that policy. The action by our churchwide assembly did not change the policy, but clearly means that some of our pulpits will be open to gays and lesbians who are in committed relationships.See the full content of this document
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Sexuality Policy Need Not Tear Church Apart
There are those predicting this action will split our church. I disagree.
The decision is new; the practice is not. In what has been a "don't ask, don't tell" practice, homosexual past...See the full content of this document
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