Lutheran Youths Vote to Accept Gay Members
The official youth office of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has voted overwhelmingly to accept gay and lesbian members, even as the church remains divided on its policies on human sexuality.
More than 300 delegates to the Lutheran Youth Organization voted by a 91% margin Wednesday to welcome people of all sexual orientations and to be listed as a “Reconciling in Christ” organization with Lutheran Concerned, an independent group of gay Lutherans.
The vote came during a convention in Atlanta.
The church currently does not ordain actively gay pastors or bless same-sex unions, but allows celibate homosexuals to serve as clergy.
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