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THE QUESTION
Lutheran vote
What do you think of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's vote to urge its bishops to refrain from disciplining clergy who are in "mutual, chaste and faithful committed same-gender relationships"?
Posted by
Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham on August 22, 2007 6:33 AM
FROM THE PANEL
From the Beginning, Obsession with Sex
I think the Lutheran church has been courageous in voting that way, but given the gradual realization that same sex relationships are not anything but what is 'normal' in nature, the question is really why other churches and other faiths...
Posted by Julia Neuberger, on September 5, 2007 6:49 AM
The Church's Sexual Fixation
I continue to be flummoxed by the current fixation on homosexuality in Protestant denominations. Jesus himself said nothing about the matter.
Posted by Randall Balmer, on August 27, 2007 9:23 AM
A Failure of Courage
All this is further evidence of why the liberal denominations are in such a decline in terms of membership and influence.
Posted by R. Albert Mohler Jr., on August 24, 2007 10:45 AM
Lutherans Decide Not to Decide
Every Christian church body in the world is torn apart over issues that one can grasp in two terms, "sex" and "authority."
Posted by Martin Marty, on August 24, 2007 7:24 AM
"Don't sweat the small stuff."
“Don’t sweat the small stuff.” Abortion and same-gender equality--are they small stuff? “Small” signals that the question’s category is size. When conversations hit a question of size, I frequently recall my father the judge saying,“In comparison with what?” The longer...
Posted by Willis E. Elliott, on August 23, 2007 9:22 AM
God Embraces Faithful Relationships
Fifty years from now, most religious communities will look back with astonishment on the controversy over same sex relations the way we do today on yesterday’s bans on miscegenation.
Posted by David Saperstein, on August 23, 2007 9:16 AM
Distressing but not Surprising
Who wants to belong to a church that doesn't treat biblical teachings as truth?
Posted by Charles "Chuck" Colson, on August 23, 2007 8:10 AM
Different is Not Evil
It is time for us all to begin to recognize that there are varieties in the human family that are not evil because they are different.
Posted by John Shelby Spong, on August 23, 2007 7:33 AM
Clear Instructions, Clear Choices
If these bishops choose to violate God's instruction book, church members have two choices: They can remove the bishops from office, or they can leave the denomination.
Posted by Cal Thomas, on August 22, 2007 10:24 AM
Good for the Lutherans
Good ministry is good ministry.
Posted by Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, on August 22, 2007 9:27 AM
Sex and the Gospel
I would commend the ELCA on how they openly and prayerfully processed this difficult issue.
Posted by Bob Edgar, on August 22, 2007 7:44 AM
FEATURED COMMENTS
Wade: I do love a good doctrinal dispute. Reading the columnists and posters arguments over this is like listening to a Star Trek fanboy explain ...
mike: Hello Everyone,
Regardless of what each of us believes about homosexuality, we must admit that the Bible cleary speaks against its practice...
Russell D.: What crap. Homosexuals being punished for being themselves?
That's as far from Godly love that I know.
And I am not even a christian.
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