I think the ELCA went through at least 3 and maybe more “sexuality studies” to get the answer they wanted. I guess none of the members thought to open a Bible to get the answer. I remember sussing out the reason behind the second “study” and talking with a congregation member about it. He was a retired school teacher in his seventies and saw nothing wrong with the direction the church was going. At that moment I lost respect for elders and school teachers in general. Imagine being an avid church goer, a teacher, an elderly person and husband and father and not gaining any wisdom. I left the ELCA right after that and joined an LCMS church. The moment I get a whiff of female emancipation in that place I’m out of that church too.
Ping!