In case anyone doubted it, spirituality in America is definitely in transition, as an official place is *finally* being made for gay and lesbian clergy.
Conservative Judaism likely to lift ban on gay rabbisA key Conservative Jewish leader is organizing talks nationwide to tell synagogues that the movement is likely to roll back its ban on ordaining openly gay rabbis by year's end.....
And on the Protestant front...
Course examines taboo topic: Gays leading churchWith the Presbyterian church re-examining its ban on the ordination of actively gay men and women, a five-week course on homosexuality and the Bible at a Danville congregation is drawing overflowing crowds....
The issue has triggered deep divides in mainstream Christian denominations, including Methodist, Lutheran and Episcopalian faiths.
"The Bible, the Church, and Homosexuality: What's the Big Deal?" offers an overview of biblical texts and alternative interpretations, Hestenes said, along with points of dispute....
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