The Evangelil Lutheran Church Ameri, wh approximately 5 ln members, has passed repeated rolutns to wele gay and lbian people sce 1991.
Contents:
- 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
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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.
ELCA ASSEMBLY OPENS MISTRY TO PARTNERED GAY AND LBIAN LUTHERANS
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… * lutheran church beliefs gay *
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. 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.
Undated Lutheran Lbian & Gay Mistri (LLGM), a “natnal missn society that supports openly intified sexual mory pastors, semarians, and lay misters who have been discrimated agast bee of their sexual orientatn, ” is found at the two San Francis church who were punished for ordag gay misters ntradictn to the Church’s official policy. 1991 Undated The Churchwi Assembly acts to wele gays and lbians as members of ELCA ngregatns, but do not “bls their mted relatnships, nor do allow gays and lbians mted relatnships to be ordaed or to rema as clergy. Among other thgs, the document exam homosexualy and affirms that “sexualy is God’s good gift…to all people, ” and stat that “Many gay men and lbian women are well-adjted and live out fahful, mted sexual relatnships, but whout the social approval and support that heterosexual upl take for granted.