Posted: 08/24/2009 at 3:41pm
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Church Drops Lutheran After Denomination's Gay Vote
by Charlotte Smith, Charleston Daily Mail
CHARLESTON, WV - As parishioners approached St. Timothy Lutheran Church on Sunday morning, something unusual was apparent. On the signs outside the church, the word "Lutheran" was draped in black. Only the words "St. Timothy" remained visible.
"I asked that be done because I'm ashamed," the church's pastor, Richard Mahan, told the congregation later Sunday morning. "I'm ashamed of what the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has done to a church I've loved for 40 years."
Last week, leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church voted to remove a ban on gay clergy and also to recognize gay marriage within the church.
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Edited by News Editor on 08/24/2009 at 3:42pm
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