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At Least One Lutheran
Abstract: Lutheran pastor goes to Washington, D.C. to support HR1592
On April 17, as a congressional committee began deliberations on HR1592, a bill to move jurisdiction over hate crimes to the federal Justice Department, hundreds of clergy gathered in Washington to urge congressional leaders to support the bill. The group also lobbied Congress to take action on the long-delayed Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Pr. Bradley Schmeling of St. John (Atlanta) is the only ELCA pastor we know for sure was in attendance, but then he has excellent name recognition. For more information about the event, see the Southern Voice. We pray earnestly for the day when official representatives of the ELCA will be free to confront the scandalous reality of hate crimes against LGBT people.
(Vol. I, xxiv, April 22, 2007 )