Woooooo hooooooo!!!!!
Lutherans to Allow Sexually Active Gays as Clergy"The nation's largest Lutheran denomination took openly gay clergy more fully into its fold Friday, as leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America voted to lift a ban that prohibited sexually active gays and lesbians from serving as ministers.
Under the new policy, individual ELCA congregations will be allowed to hire homosexuals in committed relationships as clergy. Until now, gays and lesbians had to remain celibate to serve as clergy.
The change passed with the support of 68 percent of about 1,000 delegates at the ELCA's national assembly. It makes the group, with about 4.7 million members in the U.S., one of the largest U.S. Christian denominations yet to take a more gay-friendly stance."
The title is terrible but the message following it is a step in the right direction! Just thought we could all use some good news this monday morning!
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This makes me happy. I am truly proud that my campus ministry is supported by such a progressive denomination.