lundbaek wrote:

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I wonder if the Lutherans are trying to get everyone to accept the abomination of homosexuality as normal or are they trying to encourage more attendance.  I don't see how it could work.  I would think that most Lutherans would be about as accepting of an openly homosexual minister/pastor/preacher as we would a homosexual bishop or branch president.

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You're right - if they're trying to increase attendance, they're going about it the wrong way. As far as we've fallen, we're still a nation that can muster sufficient votes in most states, including liberal California, to vote down gay marriage. When homosexuals and those that support them are a minority, how do you hope to increase attendance by doing something that will displease the majority and only please a minority? In fact, they're not even pleasing the minority very well because they're trying to please both groups at once.