New Lutheran body to form after gay pastor vote
(New Brighton, Minn.) The split over gay clergy within the country’s largest Lutheran denomination has prompted a conservative faction to begin forming a new Lutheran church body separate from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Leaders of Lutheran CORE said Wednesday that a working group would immediately begin drafting a constitution …
Tags: Conservative Faction, Constitution, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church In America, Gay Brighton, Gay Clergy, Gay Pastor, Lutheran Body, Lutheran Church Body, Lutheran Denomination, New Brighton, New Lutheran Church, Vote, Working GroupGene Robinson: Gay Bishop Giving Obama Inauguration Prayer
New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson, a vocal gay rights leader, will open President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration with a prayer on Sunday’s kick-off event at the Lincoln Memorial.
“I am writing to tell you that President-Elect Obama and the Inaugural Committee have invited me to give the invocation at the opening event of the Inaugural Week activities, We are One, to be held at the Lincoln Memorial,” Robinson wrote in an email to friends.
The announcement comes after weeks of outcry from the gay community over Obama’s choice of evangelical, anti-gay pastor Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural invocation.
“It’s important for any minority to see themselves represented in some way,” Robinson said in an interview with the Concord Monitor. “Whether it be a racial minority, an ethnic minority or, in our case, a sexual minority. Just seeing someone like you up front matters.”
Robinson is the first openly gay diocesan bishop in the Anglican Communion. “God never gets it wrong. The church often takes a long time to get it right. It is a human institution, but one capable of self-correction,” Robinson told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. “I believe in my heart that the church got it wrong about homosexuality. There is great excitement in my heart to be living in a time when the church is starting to get it right.”
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Barney Frank blasts Obama choice of anti-gay pastor
(Washington) The first openly gay member of Congress says it was a mistake for President-elect Barack Obama to invite the Rev. Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration.
“Mr. Warren compared same-sex couples to incest. I found that deeply offensive and unfair,” Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., said in a …
Tags: Anti Gay, barack obama, Barney Frank, Blasts, Gay Member, Gay Pastor, Inauguration, Incest, Invocation, Member Of Congress, Mistake, President Elect, Rick Warren, Same Sex CouplesBarney Frank blasts Obama choice of anti-gay pastor
(Washington) The first openly gay member of Congress says it was a mistake for President-elect Barack Obama to invite the Rev. Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration.
“Mr. Warren compared same-sex couples to incest. I found that deeply offensive and unfair,” Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., said in a …
Tags: Anti Gay, barack obama, Barney Frank, Blasts, Gay Member, Gay Pastor, Inauguration, Incest, Invocation, Member Of Congress, Mistake, President Elect, Rick Warren, Same Sex CouplesObama defends choice of anti-gay pastor
(Washington) President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday defended his choice of a popular evangelical minister to deliver the invocation at his inauguration, rejecting criticism that it slights gays.
The selection of Pastor Rick Warren brought objections from gay rights advocates, who strongly supported Obama during the election campaign. The advocates are angry …
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