Posted on 12/24/2021 11:02:31 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Just three months ago, I wrote that the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America had appointed its first transgender bishop — in this case, Megan Rohrer, a woman who sliced off her breasts, kept her female name, and claimed to be a man. Now Rohrer has been suspended for being racist. Live by woke political correctness; die by woke political correctness.
It was a big deal when Megan Rohrer, a woman who claims to be a man and insists on being referred to by the pronouns "they" and "them," was installed as bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. This was one of those "firsts" that simply thrill leftists. Suddenly, the left had achieved the first transgender bishop.
My feeling about Rohrer is that the woman is a monster. She has a child and had this to say about that poor, innocent thing:
"I have a trans child, for whom, if 'they' isn't used, will be in tears for days," Rohrer says. "That has given me the permission to be really public about it: 'Nope, you're going to use "they," because if you screw up with me, I'm going to have grace about it.' Letting people know my pronouns and my name is great."
For the Church, snatching biological reality from a child is not a problem, even though the Bible is very clear that God created men and women, not men, women, and it. Nevertheless, while getting a pass for what amounts to blasphemy, Rohrer still managed to run afoul of the Lutherans for being inadequately woke about minorities:
A group promoting LGBTQ clergy in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has suspended its first transgender bishop over allegations of "racist words and actions" involving the bishop's church area and the "Latinx community"
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
SHE Wasn’t LEFTIST ENOUGH FOR THEM!
This is a response to an existing pattern of behavior from Bishop Rohrer that misaligns with ELM’s Mission, Vision, and Values, specifically as it pertains to being an anti-racist organization.”
“This suspension is not only a response to recent harm done by the Sierra Pacific Synod Council and Bishop Rohrer to the Latinx community in Stockton,” the statement reads.
Rabell-González was an outspoken supporter of Black Lives Matter, according to a December 17 post by Eco Preacher blogger Leah D. Schade. He organized a demonstration last year. Schade, an ordained ELCA minister, discloses that she is a friend of Rabell-González’s and alleges he “tried to blow the whistle” on “secrets” related to the relationship between the ELCA and the Hispanic community.
ELM further stated that Rohrer is the first person it invited to be a part of its accountability process but they declined.
“In September, Bishop Rohrer declined the Accountability Team’s invitation for continued work to repair these relationships,” the statement continued.
Rohrer wrote on Twitter the morning of December 23 that “the number one question LGBTQ ask me about being a bishop is if others support me. Most days the answer, without hesitation, is yes. On other days when pastoral information is kept confidential, I
The Lutheran Church has a number of Synods. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) is the most liberal. The name is a proper name and has nothing to do with evangelical movement. In 1975 there was a split from the Missouri Synod which was the second most conservative behind The Wisconsin Synod. The ECLA became more and more liberal as the years went by. The were the first Lutheran church to have female pastors and then gay pastors and finally this Transgender Bishop. Since 2009 the ECLA, due to these radical ideologies have been loosing member churches and some scholars believe by 2030 there will no longer be an ELCA.
Having said all that, the Lutheran Church is not the only church to be loosing members to the growing Evangelical Free movement. The older Institutional churches are dying a slow death.
You are welcome and Merry Christmas.
ImpBill, you implied that the ELCA existed in 1975. The ELCA was formed in 1988, because of the merger of the American Lutheran Church, Lutheran Church in America, and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches.
I think people who want personal pronouns used that are against reality should be referred to by PPP or Pcubed; variant would be YPP:
PPP - preferred personal pronoun
YPP - your personal pronoun
I wish this would become commonplace, so I wouldn’t have to explain, and whiny kid would have to accept this.
That would save a lot of time having to listen to one sided lectures nobody wants to hear.
Some such people value the argument (and being allowed to insult people who disagree) far more than simply getting what they are demanding pro forma.
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