Posted by
Playful Walrus on Monday, August 17, 2009 4:45:02 PM
What should determine a church’s stance? The Bible, or a whiny minority of malcontents who want their sin celebrated by the church? Associated Press writer Patrick Condon reports.
Leaders of the country's largest Lutheran denomination began discussing Monday whether or not to allow people in same-sex relationships to serve as clergy.
Let’s be clear here. I have plenty of same-sex relationships. They are called... friendships. What we're really talking about here is homosexual sodomy – psuedosexual activity with someone other than your spouse, as recognized by the Bible and church tradition.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, which is meeting this week in Minneapolis, plans to decide whether to approve a proposal that would allow individual congregations to let gay and lesbian people in committed relationships serve as clergy.
What constitutes "commitment", and why is that a criterion?
In other news, those brilliant military strategists at the Los Angeles Times had an editorial complaining again about "Don't Ask, Don't Tell".
Nearly 13,000 servicemen and servicewomen have been discharged under the policy -- 287 since President Obama took office.
And how many were discharged for homosexual behavior (or not even allowed to enlist) in similar time frames before this policy was adopted?
Finally, check out my analysis of the latest California Marriage Amendment coverage over at The Opine Editorials.