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Tuesday Watercooler: Gay teen sticks up for suspended teacher

CStottlemyer — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:59:35 +0000

14-year-old Graeme Taylor addresses school board about a suspended teacher
Michigan high school teacher Jay McDowell was recently suspended after trying to remove hate from his classroom. The(...)

Top Lutheran says gay teens were created that way

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:01:28 +0000

(Chicago) The leader of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America wants gay and lesbian teens to know that they’re “the people God created them to be.”

ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson has(...)

Lutherans split over gay pastors, Bible beliefs

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:00:53 +0000

(Grove City, Ohio) Critics of the country’s largest Lutheran denomination and its more open stance toward gay clergy formed a new Lutheran church Friday at a meeting of a conservative activist(...)

New Lutheran group likely to rise from gay discord

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:00:49 +0000

The ELCA is moving gay pastors into its fold - it's now the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. to allow noncelibate gays into its ranks - even as the most visible dissidents strike out on their own.

Wed. Watercooler: Lesbian Lutherans and Lohan back in love

logointern3 — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:46:36 +0000

Students for Marriage. A survey from UCLA found that 65% of college freshman support gay marriage. According to Freedom to Marry, these supportive students are being left out of the campaign(...)

Anti-gay pastor back to pulpit after gay “accusations”

logointern1 — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:45:44 +0000

Minneapolis (AP) — A Lutheran pastor in Minneapolis who opposes gay people being allowed to lead congregations said Monday he is attracted to men, but that he’s not a hypocrite because(...)

Gay Lutheran pastors to join church roster

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:04:26 +0000

Seven pastors who work in the San Francisco Bay area and were barred from serving in the nation's largest Lutheran group because of a policy that required gay clergy to be celibate are being welcomed into the denomination.

New Lutheran body to form after gay pastor vote

Jennifer Vanasco — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:58:22 +0000

(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(...)

Religious life won’t be the same after downturn

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:41:48 +0000

Organized religion was already in trouble before the fall of 2008. Denominations were stagnating or shrinking, and congregations across faith groups were fretting about their finances.

The Great(...)

Conservative Lutherans organize after vote on gays

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:00:36 +0000

(Fishers, Ind.) Conservative members of the nation’s largest Lutheran denomination voted Saturday to spend the next 12 months deciding whether to split from the church after it liberalized its(...)