Yesterday, Bishop Dave Brauer-Rieke of the Oregon Synod (ELCA), along with a large, ecumencial group of clergy in the Portland metro area, signed a petition in support of putting a call for the freedom to marry on the November 2014 ballot in Oregon. Bishop Brauer-Rieke also wrote a letter to members of the Oregon Synod,...Continue reading→

ReconcilingWorks Welcomes Kari Lipke to Staff Kari Lipke joined the ReconcilingWorks staff in late July to help organize Lutherans in support of the Washington United for Marriage Referendum 74 campaign. Her work on the campaign was made possible, in part, through a partnership with Gethsemane Lutheran in Seattle.  At the successful completion of that campaign to...Continue reading→

Illinois’ Augustana College to allow same-gender ceremonies on campus Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, announced in late November that it would allow same-gender weddings and blessings of unions on campus. In a letter sent to students, faculty and staff, the college’s president, Steve Bahls, explained that a recommendation had come earlier in the fall from...Continue reading→