Pope Francis To Send Out Priests To Forgive The 'Sin' Of Women Who Have Had Abortions

[PeaceNikki]

109. I agree.

I grew up in the hugely oppressive and conservative WELS church. They abandoned/expelled my best friend when she got pregnant her sophomore year of high school. We left when my mother was literally told to sit down, STFU and let the MEN deal with it when she was fighting for asbestos removal in our school gymnasium.

My extended family is still VERY involved in the WELS. Last fall my uncle passed away and I attended his funeral at their church. There was a receiving line that extended to the narthex. My eyes wandered onto the bulletin board full of announcements and chick tracts type materials. One jumped out at me. It was titled "Liberalism: Its Cause and Cure : The Poisoning of American Christianity and the Antidote".

Sigh.

Yeah, it was advertising a book written by a Lutheran pastor. It discusses the evil poisoning of "liberalism, evolution, the charismatic heresy and feminism" on American society. I didn't get a chance to discover what he thinks is "the cure".

I didn't stay for the service since clearly 'my kind' is not welcome.