Are you someone who opposes openly gay clergy, if not homosexuality in general, and find that your religious group has become too permissive in recent years?

If so, you may be a Lutheran. Or Episcopalian. Or Presbyterian. Perhaps a conservative Jew? Hmmm.

To focus on the latest example: Some Lutherans, dismayed at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s recent decision to accept openly gay clergy, are leaving the ELCA to form a new group: the North American Lutheran Church. Some links:

• Lutheran Church Seeing Fallout Overy Gay Clergy Issue (AP)
• Lutherans Split Overy Gay Pastors, Bible Beliefs (AP)
• A no-big-deal church split (GetReligion)

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