Bioethike

Dr. Judith Reisman: “Sexual beings” is “direct Kinsey fallout” This morning, I contacted Dr. Judith Reisman by e-mail, asking her if she knew the provenance of the term “sexual beings.” Dr. Reisman has spent a considerable part of her life exposing the fraudulent statistical data Kinsey used in support of changing sexual mores during the [...]

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Statement of the president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod in response to certain actions of the 2009 Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America August 24, 2009 The two largest Lutheran church bodies in the United States are the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) with 4.8 million members and The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod [...]

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I was really proud to belong to my church body today. Here is President Gerald Kieschnick’s greeting to the ELCA General Assembly delivered this morning: Address to ELCA Churchwide Assembly, August 22, 2009 Presiding Bishop Hanson, Members of the Assembly, Special Guests, Friends in Christ, Grace to you and peace from God our Father and [...]

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The recent hoopla trickling down from the ELCA’s General Assembly occurring this week in Minneapolis over the adoption of Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust, as well as a revision of clergy expectations for rostered leaders in that church body, has renewed my interest in how my own denomination, officially (or rather, semi-officially) deals with the [...]

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From ELS’s Web site: The Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS) disagrees with the recent resolution of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), which voted 55% on August 21, in favor of ordaining homosexuals in an “active” relationship. This press release may be used by ELS churches and pastors for submittal to their local newspapers. This [...]

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From WELS.net.: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aug. 21, 2009 Contact: Joel Hochmuth Director of Communications Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod joel.hochmuth@wels.net WELS president expresses regret at ELCA decision on gay clergy Milwaukee, Wis.—Rev. Mark Schroeder, president of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS), is expressing regret at the vote of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) [...]

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Successful Evangelical author Dr. John Piper is pastor for preaching at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis. From his Desiring God Web site: I saw the fast-moving, misshapen, unusually-wide funnel over downtown Minneapolis from Seven Corners. I said to Kevin Dau, “That looks serious.” It was. Serious in more ways than one. A friend who drove [...]

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. . . even while his suits defend it in court. Enacted by Congress in 1996 during the Clinton administration, the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) has served as a bulwark at the federal level to protect states from recognizing non-heterosexual “marriages” performed in other states, while codifying into federal law the definition of marriage: [...]

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Here’s a statement from the president of the Lutheran Church-Canada, which is in fellowship with my denomination, The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod: AUGUST 21, 2009 – In Minneapolis this afternoon, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America adopted a resolution to allow for the ordination of those in committed, monogamous, same-sex relationships. The vote was 559 in [...]

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While this opinion piece is really worth the entire read, I’ll skip to the end. From The Wall Street Journal: Right now Mr. Obama’s gift is his curse, a Congress dominated by his party. While the country worries about the economy and two wars, the Democrats of Congress are preoccupied with the idea that this [...]

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