...... I can't believe the church I loved and served for 40 years can condone what God condemns," said the Rev. Richard Mahan, pastor at St. Timothy Lutheran Church in Charleston, W.Va. "Nowhere in Scripture does it say homosexuality and same-sex marriage is acceptable to God. Instead, it says it is immoral and perverted."...... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090822/ap_on_re/us_lutherans_gays If God says same sex marriage is immoral and perverted. Than what kind of pastors the Lutheran church will have? Now gay people instead of bringing something good to the Lutheran church, they will make many people leave that church. The pastors must be an example for others to follow in every way including their personal lives. Let gay people go to church, but for them to become pastors that means they won't be the right choice before God.