Gay Lutheran clergy come out of closet

Dozens of gay and lesbian clergy and seminarians from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on Tuesday openly proclaimed their sexuality to church members meeting this week at Navy Pier for a national assembly.
A third of the districts have requested that the celibacy rule be dropped. How far they've fallen.

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