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MMC
10-09-2011, 01:23 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/us-presbyterian-church-ordains-first-gay-minister-022050242.html

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin man who left his Presbyterian ministry in California more than 20 years ago after telling his congregation that he is gay was welcomed back into the church leadership on Saturday as its first openly gay ordained minister.

When he was presented to the crowd, audience members gave him a thunderous standing ovation and began roaring with cheers.

Anderson was closeted when he served as a minister in Sacramento, Calif., from 1983 until 1990. When a couple threatened to reveal his sexual orientation, he came out to his congregation and resigned because the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) barred homosexuals from serving as ministers.

Anderson chose the Rev. Mark Achtemeier of Dubuque, Iowa, to deliver the sermon Saturday. Achtemeier used to be one of the most vocal opponents of gay ordination, but he announced a complete turnaround after friendships with gay Christians prompted him to re-evaluate scriptural teachings about homosexuality.

He told attendees Saturday he hopes Anderson's ministry will bring "healing good news" to all those who have felt "ostracized and alienated" from the church, the State Journal reported.

"Ordaining him is just recognition of the gifts God already gave him," he said.....snip~

So why did he leave California then? Where Gayness and that lifestyle was accepted back then there in certain parts of that state? Why was it taken to the Press by the Church? Put out to the public instead of to their denomination only? Why do they keep pushing this to be a political issue? Gay Marriage, Gays in the Military, Gays in Religion, Gays In Politics and the MSM jumps all over it each and every single time. Catering to the minority and making issues where none are. Considering it a Top Story for the News? So by moving to a different state this was all able to be done?