Some People of Religion Get It.

With so many Church Leaders condemning gay’s, homosexuality, you would assume that many who are religious, are anti-gay. However, it does appear that some actually do get what a Church is, what religion is. Take Atlanta, of all places, where a Lutheran Minister is under the appeal process for being booted out, because he is Gay and in a long term relationship.

The way so many talk, you would figure that he’d be a pariah with his congregation, as has happened very often, or so it is reported. However, that isn’t the case here as not only has his congregation supported him, but it has grown in number too, directly because of his ‘confession‘. In short, people are coming to listen to the word of GOD, because the man delivering the message is good at his job, and Gay.

Since the panel’s ruling, his congregation’s membership has spiked and he came in fourth in the election for the region’s next Lutheran bishop. He was even chosen grand marshal for Sunday’s annual gay pride parade in Atlanta, one of the nation’s largest gay pride festivals. (source)

It is nice to know that people who believe in GOD, can understand that the Church isn’t just about some ancient text, that it is about a message, one that at least this Church understands. People are supposed to be included, not excluded from God. It is those who need his help the most, his love the most that should be encouraged to be a part of HIS Church, which is something people like the Pope and others ignore.

While it is possible he will be defrocked, and forced to leave his vocation, the simple fact that those in his congregation support him now, speaks volumes. That is true religion at its finest, where men of faith are tested, and those around them rally around. That is real faith, real belief.

It is interesting to note, that despite ruling he should be forced out, the committee also suggested that the Church needs to re-examine its views. In short, that it shouldn’t exclude homosexuals from being a viable part of the Church itself, even as Pastors. Seems that perhaps they too, get it.

The ELCA could consider making such a change at its churchwide assembly starting Aug. 6 in Chicago. Church leaders will meet this week to sort through 119 proposals, and roughly half are related to gay and lesbian matters, said John Brooks, an ELCA spokesman. (source)

Unfortunately, far too many don’t. Right George, Mitt, Hilary, Stephen?