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Bertha Rohrbach's avatar

Thank you for this passionate summary of what's going on. I woke up this morning thinking about the mic drop revelation Bp. Rohrer made about why they went "on the wrong day" to Misión Latina Luterana and said to myself, "To be a fly on that wall..." and then realized there must have been many flies on many ELCA walls given the amount of shit that's going down. I'm not a delegate at SPS Synod this year, but I watched on YouTube. I cried with my friends as they spoke up and talked about being fearful of retaliation. I cringed when those who were speaking in support of Bp. Rohrer "mis-pronouned" them multiple times without even trying to correct themselves. You support them, but can't get those pronouns right? Really?

I am in awe and feel gratitude and sympathy for those brave friends of the Bp. who spoke up for resignation or removal and especially one who, being there, just feet away from Bp. Rohrer, looked at them and spoke of the joy of that epic election and installation last year, spoke of friendship, and told them to resign. And when Rev. Donna Allan spoke I sat and listened to that hard.

I'll watch and listen again today and I'll probably cry and cringe today again as I try to get my work done.

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Jon Spangler's avatar

Wow. I'm so sorry to see how much the ELCA has turned its back on the LGBTQIA+ community and communities of color. (As an Episcopalian, I cannot say that my own church has done that well in listening and responding, either.)

What kind of "new" church do you want to be a part of, Lenny?

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