Lutherans Exclude Gays in a Nice Way

By a vote of 503-490, Lutheran delegates chose not to allow non-celibate gay clergy to be ordained or endorse same-sex marriage, but in a compromise the church supported a resolution allowing pastors to bless same-sex unions without discipline. Phil Soucy, a spokesman for the pro-gay Lutheran group, Goodsoil, claimed, "We were sacrificed on the altar of denominational unity."

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