Are Lutherans bigots?
Signs point to "Yes"--literally. Our local Lutheran Church has some "Yes on Proposition 8" signs posted prominently on their lawn. These signs are clearly church-erected, because they flank the large concrete and brick structure that shows the name of the church itself, located behind an iron fence that surrounds the church's plot. While support for ballot initiatives does not violate a church's non-profit status, unfortunately, signs like these do highlight their political stances, heinous as they are in this case. One more strike against organized religions . . .
Vote "No" on 8!
Vote "No" on 8!
Labels: bigotry, Lutheran church, Proposition 8
posted by bryduck at 5:55 PM
2 Comments:
As a life-long Lutheran it's disappointing to hear that Lutheran churches in Southern California are putting up Yes on 8 signs. Forutunately where I live there is none of that. Well, there are signs, but they're not at the Lutheran churches. The signs are outside the denominations you'd kind of expect--the ones who are known for their ultra conservative way of life--and I'm not going to name names.
I suppose any group of people can decide for themselves and apparently in your community that's what they decided. Please don't assume that means all of us.
It makes me especially sad to hear about it because I've always been proud of what my church stands for. Rest assured there are MANY other Lutherans, Christians, religious and non-religous people who hate everything about Prop 8.
It's going to go down on Nov. 4 and I'll be partying in my pjs when it does.
Miss you.
Miss you, too, L. I didn't assume all Lutherans were as stupid/ignorant as the leaders of this particular church; I wrote for effect, of course. I think you should feel free to name those who actively and publicly encourage bigotry, though--how else can we expose those leaders to their congregants and maybe wake some of them up? This kind of rabble rousing has gone on far too long in the religious community (if such a thing can be said to exist) without anyone speaking up. People paying attention know that groups like Focus on the Family are virulently political masquerading as religious entities, but do people who go to Dobson's church get that they are pawns for larger agendas that are destroying the foundation of the country?
(Well, upon reflection, they probably do and don't care, but I digress.) I bet if a lot of regular churchfolk sat back for a single moment and thought about what their minister/preacher/pastor/priest was telling them in regards to these kinds of things, and then reflected on what kind of world they actually want to live in, and what kind of people they want to be, we could have a revolution against bigotry led by churches, just like when it was African Americans who were being kept down.
Or maybe not . . .
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