Met in assembly at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, the Northwestern Minnesota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), on May 12 passed a resolution explicitly opposing the proposed “marriage amendment” to the Minnesota constitution that would preclude same-gender couples from seeking through legislation and other legal means the same rights and...Continue reading→

The United Methodist Quadrennial General Convention began on April 24 and ended May 4. The Love Your Neighbor Common Witness Coalition, Methodists all, were hard at work to overturn policies first officially articulated in 1972, now embodied in the Methodist Book of Discipline as six harsh words: “homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching,” despite the...Continue reading→

The Southeastern Minnesota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), met in assembly in Rochester, Minnesota, May 4, passed a resolution explicitly opposing the proposed “marriage amendment” to the Minnesota constitution that would preclude same-gender couples from seeking through legislation and other legal means the same rights and benefits granted to others. The...Continue reading→