Lutherans Vote to Oppose Marriage Amendment (Minnesota)

[bluestateguy]

Always good to see progressive Christians standing up.

http://mnunited.org/news/lutherans-vote-to-oppose-marriage-amendment/

Lutherans Vote to Oppose Marriage Amendment
Saturday, February 18, 2012


The annual assembly of the Minneapolis Area Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) passed a resolution yesterday to publicly oppose the marriage amendment in Minnesota, which would limit Minnesotans’ freedoms by excluding same-sex couples. In light of this news, the Minnesotans United for All Families campaign released the following statement:

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[LiberalLoner]

1. Go ELCA! (Proud of my denomination.)

[hrmjustin]

2. i am episcopalian and i just love the lutheran church(elca) that is.

go lutherans.

[LiberalLoner]

7. Episcopalians are awesome in my book too! :)

[Puzzledtraveller]

8. Im in LCMS, dont always agree with them, but I like my congregation.

So I have stayed. LCMS is the conservative arm of Lutheran church.

[LiberalLoner]

9. If you ever want to switch to ELCA, we'd be happy to have you! :)

I'll bet you'd feel right at home with us, too!

May the Lord be with you...

[turtlerescue1]

3. YES!

A little more "Sermon on the Mount" and a whole lot less"hell and brimstone"

Proud,Smiling, feel a little smug. And I'm straight!








p.s. "Bind us together with love."

[Wounded Bear]

4. Nice to hear from some liberal Christians...

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Compare the Lutherans to the SBC.

[jwirr]

6. Proud to belong to this church.