Lesbian ordained sans celibacy vow
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A Lutheran church in Chicago has ordained a lesbian who refuses to take a vow of celibacy, becoming the first to test a new resolution that gives bishops leeway in disciplining such violations.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America requires vows of celibacy for gay but not for heterosexual clergy -- a policy the Rev. Jen Rude, 27, calls discriminatory. Chicago’s bishop, Wayne Miller, did not try to block Rude’s ordination at Resurrection Lutheran Church, but he did not attend the ceremony.
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