The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa has come out in support of polygamy and homosexuality - provided they promote the cause of the gospel.How does one promote the the Gospel message by living and advocating lifestyles diametrically opposed to Christ and the Gospel message? To which 'gospel' are they referring?
Louis Sibiya, the church's bishop, said yesterday that there was not a simple "yes" or "no" answer as to whether a self-confessing gay person could be married and even ordained in the church, or whether a polygamist could be ordained into the ministry.
"Rather, we should ask how the acceptance and/or non-acceptance of these promote the course of the gospel," he said...
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