On Friday the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America adopted a resolution to allow for the ordination of those in committed, monogamous, same-sex relationships. The vote was 559 in favor, 451 against. The links below are response statements from the Lutheran Church of Canada and The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. If and when the LCMS releases a statement I will post that as well.
http://cyberbrethren.com/2009/08/21/statement-from-lutheran-church—canada-on-elca-endorsement-of-homosexuality/
President Kieshnick did address the ELCA in assembly today and mentioned this vote. If you go to the LCMS web site (www.lcms.org) and scroll down to "News." President Kieschnick's address is the first thing listed there. I think this link might work:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.lcms.org/pages/internal.asp?NavID=15618
~Elizabeth A, Alum