{"id":11361,"date":"2009-02-20T16:43:20","date_gmt":"2009-02-20T16:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/rns_lutherans_move_to_allow_gay_clergy_sort_of\/"},"modified":"2009-02-20T16:43:20","modified_gmt":"2009-02-20T16:43:20","slug":"rns_lutherans_move_to_allow_gay_clergy_sort_of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=11361","title":{"rendered":"RNS: Lutherans move to allow gay clergy &#8212; sort of"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In order to lift restrictions on gay clergy, the assembly must approve each of the following resolutions before the next could be<br \/>\nconsidered:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; That the ECLA is committed to allowing congregations and synods to recognize and support &#8220;lifelong, monogamous, same-gender relationships.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; That the ELCA is committed to finding a way for people in such relationships to serve as clergy in the church.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; That the ELCA agrees to &#8220;respect the bound consciences&#8221; of churchmembers who disagree on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; The ELCA must agree to remove the blanket ban on partnered gay clergy.<\/p>\n<p>Task Force leaders said the church must deal with underlying issues &#8212; how it feels about gay relationships and the lack of consensus in the church &#8212; before it can amend its rules.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewforum.org\/news\/display.php?NewsID=17576\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to lift restrictions on gay clergy, the assembly must approve each of the following resolutions before the next could be considered: &#8212; That the ECLA is committed to allowing congregations and synods to recognize and support &#8220;lifelong, monogamous,<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=11361\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,363,154,159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-religion-news-commentary","category-lutheran","category-other-churches","category-sexuality-debate-other-denominations-and-faiths"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}