{"id":14470,"date":"2009-08-16T15:25:37","date_gmt":"2009-08-16T15:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/star-tribune_lutherans_strive_to_avoid_split_on_gay_issue\/"},"modified":"2009-08-16T15:25:37","modified_gmt":"2009-08-16T15:25:37","slug":"star-tribune_lutherans_strive_to_avoid_split_on_gay_issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=14470","title":{"rendered":"Star-Tribune: Lutherans strive to avoid split on gay issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the Episcopalians headed toward a likely split over the appointing of gay bishops, ELCA leaders are well aware of the risks. Bishop Mark Hanson, the Twin Cities native who leads the ELCA, said that no matter how the vote comes out, he&#8217;s intent on keeping the losers from rebellion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is my commitment and my conviction that we will not succumb to this polarizing question that often divides communities,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the divisiveness of the issue, the assembly promises to uphold the ELCA&#8217;s reputation for nonconfrontational confrontation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/lifestyle\/faith\/53304992.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUo8cyaiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the Episcopalians headed toward a likely split over the appointing of gay bishops, ELCA leaders are well aware of the risks. Bishop Mark Hanson, the Twin Cities native who leads the ELCA, said that no matter how the vote<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=14470\">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-14470","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\/14470","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=14470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14470\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}