OPINION: Pastor Walt Kallestad-"No Gay Clergy in My Mega-Church"

By Christian News Wire , Nation's Religious Press Leader - July 01, 2009

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Walt Kallestad, senior pastor of Community Church of Joy, Glendale, AZ, told Church Executive that the movement within his ELCA denomination to allow gay ordained clergy will not be accepted by his congregation or school. The ELCA churchwide meetings in Minneapolis next month will vote on allowing congregations to receive "life-long, monogamous, same-gender relationships" among ordained clergy. On March 4 Kallestad wrote his congregation "our firm opposition to this policy" in the belief that ... Read the Full Article
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  • quantummechanik
    What else can we blame on gays

    This is a fun game.

    Global warming
    That weird itchy part of my arm that's always covered by my sleeve
    The resurrection of Megatron, leader of the Decepticons.

    Your turn.

    - quantummechanikUS July 2, 2009 10:22AM

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    • tek
      one lost

      sock.

      mosquitos

      the fact that toilets swirl flush in the opposite direction south of the equator.

      France

      - tek July 2, 2009 1:09PM

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      • quantummechanik
        Gays are responsible for

        Dinosaurs going extinct

        The earth not being filled with cool tunnels so I could get to wherever I wanted to via train

        Steven Seagal trying to make a movie about Genghis Khan.

        - quantummechanikUS July 2, 2009 2:59PM

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    • MrBook
      Epic win

      "The resurrection of Megatron, leader of the Decepticons."

      Sir, I salute you!

      - MrBookUS July 18, 2009 11:22AM

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      • quantummechanik
        Hey

        Decepticons are a serious threat to America.

        - quantummechanikUS July 20, 2009 1:23PM

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