Unlikely couple forms gay, lesbian support group [View All]

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By Felicia Megdal, Roundup staff reporter
Saturday, November 18, 2006

... The couple ended up walking down this unlikely path after witnessing the mistreatment of ... their pastor ...

"The day he came out, he did it in front of the congregation," Linda said. "He was crying and everybody seemed to be so supportive."

And though the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) ruled that gays and lesbians -- as long as they remain chaste and single -- could serve as ordained pastors, not everyone wanted a gay man leading the local synod.

Parishioners refused to receive Communion while others threatened to leave. The pastor eventually resigned after the bishop learned of his admission ...

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