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Lutheran Organization Votes to Include Monogamous Gay Clergy Members

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2009 The largest Lutheran organization in the U.S., the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, voted Friday to bring gay and lesbian clergy members into its fold -- provided they are in committed relationships -- signaling another seismic shift in the American Protestant scene this year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Episcopal Church Making Progress on LGBT Rights

Staff / Truthdig Jul 14, 2009 Although it doesn't look like the Church of England is getting with the program at the moment, its American counterpart, the Episcopal Church, is preparing to officially perform same-sex marriages and to approve gay and lesbian bishops. One openly gay bishop, Gene Robinson, was ordained in 2003. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bishop Robinson’s Invocation Cut From HBO’s Telecast

Staff / Truthdig Jan 19, 2009 Here's the footage of openly gay Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson's invocation, which he delivered Sunday before the inaugural concert festivities began -- and which was not included in HBO's special broadcast of the show. But was it the network's choice or Team Obama's? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Asks Gay Bishop to Lead Pre-Inaugural Prayer

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2009 Clearly Barack Obama and his legion of inauguration planners have registered the gay community's dismay over the selection of the Rev. Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural invocation on Jan. 20, as Obama has tapped the openly gay Bishop Gene Robinson to lead the prayer session at an event two days prior. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lutheran Organization Votes to Include Monogamous Gay Clergy Members

Episcopal Church Making Progress on LGBT Rights

Bishop Robinson’s Invocation Cut From HBO’s Telecast

Obama Asks Gay Bishop to Lead Pre-Inaugural Prayer

Episcopalians Reject Ban on Gay Bishops

Danforth Takes On the Christian Right

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