Category: LGBTQ+
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Inspiring Message from Bishop John Shelby Spong – Reaching Out to the Gays
I have made a decision. I will no longer debate the issue of homosexuality in the church with anyone. I will no longer engage the biblical ignorance that emanates from so many right-wing Christians about how the Bible condemns homosexuality, as if that point of view still has any credibility.
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Positive reaction to the decisions of the 2009 Churchwide Assembly
We have not exulted about the decisions of the 2009 Churchwide Assembly regarding the Social Statement on Human Sexuality and the change in ministry policies. We have been mindful that there were sisters and brothers in Christ who were pained by the decisions, and we wanted to treat their pain with the respect it deserved.
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The Heart of the Reformation – By David R. Weiss
Last August [2009] the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) changed its policy to allow for blessing same-gender couples and ordaining persons in committed same-gender relationships.