2009年8月22日星期六

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US Evangelical Lutherans accept 'committed' gay clergy (AFP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2009 11:35 AM PDT

Lesbian couple hold hands during a gay rights protest rally in Hollywood in May 2009. A US Evangelical Lutheran church has opted to allow gays and lesbians in AFP - A US Evangelical Lutheran church has opted to allow gays and lesbians in "committed" relationships to serve in its clergy, in a controversial decision that could divide its 4.6 million US members.

Conservatives react after Lutherans lift gay ban (AP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2009 07:02 AM PDT

Voting member Janet Metcalfe, of Inver Grove Heights, MInn., pauses for a moment of prayer along with more than 1,000 members of the Evangelical Lutheran Chruch of America (ELCA) on Wednesday Aug. 19, 2009 after a tornado warning was announced at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Members of the ELCA are meeting this week at the Minneapolis Convention Center to vote on the future of gay clergy and their leadership in the church. (AP Photo/Dawn Villella)AP - Even though the Rev. Mark Chavez believes the leaders of his church made a decision in direct contradiction of the Bible by lifting a ban on sexually active, monogamous gays and lesbians as clergy, he said he's staying with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America.

Obama marks beginning of Muslim holy month (AP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2009 10:39 PM PDT

President Barack Obama talks about the the Afghan elections, Friday, Aug. 21, 2009, outside the White House in Washington, prior to boarding Marine One and departing for the presidential retreat at Camp David, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama on Friday cast U.S. military efforts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan as part of his drive to forge a new relationship between America and the Muslim world.

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