[Gritty]

(The congregation) decided to pick the best candidate for the job, regardless of sexual orientation.

I can't imagine what the other candidates were like!

The church was rightly expelled from the Convention. However, look for the upcoming lawsuits which will force churches to hire such people. The lawsuits will no doubt come, and given the pathetic state of today's American jurisprudence will probably succeed.

Just because Sodom would be proud of such a state of affairs doesn't mean America should be.

[billhilly]

Religion has always been an impediment to man's desires. Why else would it exist? The trick, and it is a huge trick, has been to convince people thay they no longer need to change their behavior, they only need to change the church.

Those of a certain age will remember laughing at Flip Wilson, the great comic, when he would explain things that he did with the phrase, "The devil made me do it."

[Zack Nguyen]

The church was rightly expelled from the Convention. However, look for the upcoming lawsuits which will force churches to hire such people.

I am very concerned about this too. I think an attempt will be made in the near future (the next several years, maybe) to silence pastors who speak out against homosexual behavior. Possibly "hate crimes" law will be used as the excuse.

[squidly]

"However, look for the upcoming lawsuits which will force churches to hire such people. The lawsuits will no doubt come, and given the pathetic state of today's American jurisprudence will probably succeed."

"Congress shall make no lie respecting an establishment of religion." I'd think that is supposed to include hiring practices of religious organizations, but who knows with our current system of governance by judicial whim.