A controversial sexuality statement will be considered by the ELCA Churchwide Assembly, Aug 17-23, in Minneapolis. The long-anticipated statement follows a lengthy task force study process. The Task Force Statement recommends that ELCA policy be changed to allow individual congregations to call and ordain gay clergy. Read more from the ELCA website …
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ELCA Sexuality Statement
Religion may kill the GOP
Speaking publicly for one of the first times since the end of the presidential campaign, John McCain’s campaign manager Steve Schmidt painted a dire portrait of the state of the Republican Party, arguing that the GOP has largely been co-opted by its religious elements… read more of Sam Stein from the Huffington Post