[lightman]

Once again the Presiding Bishop Politician takes a page from the Barack Obama/Rahm Emmanuel playbook: the "Town Hall Meeting"...right down to stacking the audience.

If the previous pattern is followed all of the "ELCA members" will just happen to be ELCA Churchwide office employees.

[lightman]

Bangert is also encouraging congregations to consider hosting viewing parties for members who do not have high-speed Internet access.

I can envision groups of redneck Lutherans gathering in someone's basement making a drinking game out of how many times ++Mark says "unity", "reconciliation", and "mission support".

[Nosterrex]

Even after all these years of criticizing the ElCA, I still find it difficult to believe how any Christian denomination can promote homosexuality as normal and God-pleasing. Homosexuality is condemned throughout the Scriptures. I still want someone in the ELCA to find one verse that supports homosexuality. The ELCA was never able to produce a single verse in the Bible that supported women pastors either, but that was willingly and enthusiastically embraced by the members of the LCA and ALC. We were told that it was a matter of social justice and equality, and that took precedence over Scripture. Well, the chickens have come home to roost. The same arguments that were used for women's ordination are now being used to justify homosexuality. Many people outside the ELCA tried to warn the members that if they accepted women's ordination that it would not be long before they would accept homosexuality, but we were assured that would never happen.

[Belteshazzar]

An hour long town hall forum? An hour long. How gracious of him to favor his subjects with an hour of his time.

I’m afraid, sir, that you have far more to answer for than an hour permits.