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Apr 5th, 2009 by Robert C. Baker
Notable Puritans. Source: Wiki Commons; public domain.
As this April 4 The New York Times article shows, advocates for same-sex marriage, such as Lambda Legal, are making headway in New England.
Ironically, you can thank the Puritans, advocates of individualism and intellectualism, for some of the success.
The Reverend Robert C. Baker, B.B.A, M.Div., is an ordained pastor in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, and serves the Church as an editor at the denomination's publishing house. He is currently pursuing an M.S. degree in Health Care Ethics at Creighton University. He is the author of What Happened To Merry Christmas? and How Do You Start a Fire with Water? and has authored or edited numerous Bible studies and books.
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