Lutheran Introductn to Sexual Orientatn, Genr Inty, & Genr Exprsn (The prt versn of this rource is available for purchase om our eStore.) Sce 1974, RencilgWorks: Lutherans for Full Participatn has advoted for the full wele, cln, and equy of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, and asexual/aromantic (LGBTQIA+) Lutherans all aspects of…
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- GAYSTORI AND ROURC FOR THE LGBTQIA+ LATTER-DAY SAT COMMUNY
- ELCA ASSEMBLY OPENS MISTRY TO PARTNERED GAY AND LBIAN LUTHERANS
GAYSTORI AND ROURC FOR THE LGBTQIA+ LATTER-DAY SAT COMMUNY
The Evangelil Lutheran Church Ameri, wh approximately 5 ln members, has passed repeated rolutns to wele gay and lbian people sce 1991. * lutheran church beliefs gay *
In 1991, the Churchwi Assembly passed a rolutn statg that, "Gay and lbian people, as dividuals created by God, are wele to participate fully the life of the ngregatns of the Evangelil Lutheran Church Ameri.
Sce 1974, RencilgWorks: Lutherans for Full Participatn has advoted for the full wele, cln, and equy of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, and asexual/aromantic (LGBTQIA+) Lutherans all aspects of the life of their Church, ngregatns, and muny. This statement ntas the Church’s first mentn of homosexualy, which is referred to as a s, but also claims that homosexuals are “often the special and unservg victims of prejudice and discrimatn law, law enforcement, cultural mor, and ngregatnal life. 1971 March An article the New York Tim claims that the LCA is one of only two “natnal church nomatns” that have released a statement support of “homosexual rights” The other nomatn is the Unarian Universalist Associatn.
1974 Lutherans Concerned for Gay People [or Lutherans Concerned], a group prised of laypeople, pastors and ngregatns, forms orr to promote tolerance and acceptance among members of the Lutheran church. 1975 October Lutherans Concerned is given $2, 000 by the ALC’s Divisn for Service and Missn Ameri, markg the first time a gay group has been given direct fancial support om s parent nomatn. Jam Cmley, who rponds to qutns about his stance on homosexualy the church by strsg an emphasis on creatg ls dividual regulatns while keepg church prcipl “basic.
ELCA ASSEMBLY OPENS MISTRY TO PARTNERED GAY AND LBIAN LUTHERANS
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1979 June The ALC’s Standg Commtee for the Office of Rearch and Analysis approv a paper “Human Sexualy and Sexual Behavr, ” which stat that is acceptable to be homosexual providg there is no “erotic behavr. 1986 Undated The LCA releas a study statg that the church n “neher absolutely nmn nor praise and affirm homosexualy, ” and also suggts that more of the Church’s ngregatns should wele gay and lbian persons.
1990 January Two San Francis church proceed wh their ordatn of gay and lbian pastors, makg them the first openly homosexual dividuals to be ordaed the Lutheran church. Undated The ELCA’s Church Council drafts a document lled “Visns and Expectatns: Ordaed Misters the ELCA” that, among other thgs, stat that homosexual ordaed misters are “expected to absta om homosexual sexual relatns.