“It’s confusing!” That’s basically what the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has to sex about human sexuality in a report released yesterday. The Church, the nation’s largest Lutheran denomination, has been busy tackling the ins and outs of intercourse in an effort to reconcile various viewpoints on – you guessed it – the gays.
While the new statement doesn’t admonish homos, it stops short of offering approval:
…Despite years of study, [the church has] yet to reach consensus on same-sex unions. The draft, which did not condemn such unions, also expressed regret that historical Lutheran teachings on homosexuality had sometimes been used to hurt gays and lesbians.
The report also describes sexuality as “wondrous and wounding, delightful and destructive, satisfying and confusing…sometimes at the same time.”
Charley
Gay marriage is about love. Their founder Martin Luther was anti-semitic, hated jews. A religion based on hate, what do you expect.
Post_Hoc
I am the gay son of 2 ordained Lutheran Pastors (my Mother and Father) and to this gay boy the ELCA church is without doubt a hate group. This draft is further evidence that Lutherans approach biblical scripture from a fundamentalist point of view when it comes to traditional marriage and the definition of the family. Evermore disturbing, this draft allows the oppression of gay youth because “some pastors and congregations will advocate repentance and celibacyâ€. This document is an awful recipe for gay teen suicides to continue.