Lutheran group eases policy on gay clergy
Delegates vote 559-451 to allow noncelibate homosexuals to lead parishes
Posted: August 22, 2009 at 3:46 a.m.
Homosexual ministers will be allowed to lead parishes, representatives of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America voted Friday in Minneapolis.
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