Anita Hill, 2 other lesbians in committed relationships welcomed as ELCA pastors

Dan82 · Sep 18, 2010

http://www.startribune.com/lifestyl...yP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUac8HEaDiaMDCinchO7DU

In a ceremony that started with a public mea culpa and ended with a prolonged standing ovation, three lesbian ministers were officially embraced Saturday by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).

The three were the Rev. Anita Hill, pastor of St. Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church in St. Paul, and two Minneapolis chaplains: the Rev. Phyllis Zillhart at Fairview Home Care and Hospice and the Rev. Ruth Frost at the Hospice of the Twin Cities.

Although they never had been officially recognized by the ELCA, the three of them have a combined 60 years of service as Lutheran pastors.

"This is both a historic and an insignificant day," the Rev. Peter Rogness, bishop of the ELCA's St. Paul synod, said shortly before he and the Rev. Craig Johnson, the Minneapolis bishop, jointly oversaw the ceremony...

http://www.startribune.com/lifestyl...yP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUac8HEaDiaMDCinchO7DU
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peaceandlies · Sep 19, 2010

well i guess its an improvement

Anita Hill, 2 other lesbians in committed relationships welcomed as ELCA pastors

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