Our Christian Allies - Part II

The other day I did a post on the baptism I went to over the weekend at an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America parish and the welcoming atmosphere the boy friend and I and my paralegal and his boyfriend experienced. It's easy to forget that not all Christians are anti-gay. A reminder of that reality is that in the wake of the Proposition 8 ruling yesterday, Lutherans Concerned issued the following statement:

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The California Supreme Court ruling is unfortunate. But, it is on a narrow legal issue regarding the scope of the change to the constitution of California created by Proposition 8, not the Court's previous ruling that LGBT people must be treated equally under the law.

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The effect of this ruling is to temporarily encourage those who believe that the rights of a minority can be taken away. Ultimately, that notion is doomed to fail: inequality cannot be dressed up to look like equality, injustice like justice, discrimination like welcome. Our prayers and our efforts are gathered toward helping the Lutheran church shine the bright > light of equal treatment, full inclusion, on the life of the church this August when it meets in assembly. That light may help the voters of California see the error of their ways.

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I hope that the ELCA Church wide Assembly upholds partnered gay clergy and sends a message that not all Christians are bigots like those among the professional Christian set.