I understand that we are all sinners in life but Christ made it very clear about this issue. This would be the same as allowing a Minister to commit adultery every night while teaching God's word. Why not allow a murderer become a Minister who continues to commit murder while preaching God's word. Yes, Christ teaches to forgive the sinner but not forgive the sin. If this gets approved, my family will leave the Moravian Church. There are no other interpretation of God's word than what is clear in the Bible. Christ made no changes that allows the sin of immoral sexual deviance.

I fear that if this Proposal is allowed to be instituted it would have a profound deleterious effect on the Moravian Church.

I do not support any agenda in favor of gay or lesbian as leaders in the church as dictated by the book of Jesus Christ. It is a sin period and with Christ's teachings, all sins can be forgiven as long as we accept our sin is against Gods will and we need to refrain from that sin in the future.

I would strongly support the Synod Proposal 121613.pdf as presented by Doug Decker. Anything less has the strong potential to adversely affect the entire denomination.

I was raised a Baptist and joined the Moravian Denomination when I married my wife. The Bible is very clear that God calls homosexuality a sin and a perversion. I nor anyone else is in a position to argue with the one who established the institution of marriage. I am very much opposed to these resolutions.

I only disagree with a gay / lesbian pastor. I would love to be a pastor but my lifestyle does not make me the right person for "the job". We must choose our leaders wisely, scripture does not support this. Thank you.

My opinion has nothing to do with an individuals sexual preference. I do believe homosexuality to be a sin but I do not judge. I have many friends that are gay. As brothers and sisters they still deserve the dignity and respect afforded to anyone else. As for ordination, I would not attend any church with an actively homosexual leader no more than one who's pastor is straight and addicted to pornography, committing adultery, etc. As for marriage, our government is allowing such unions, however, as a church our mandate should be to follow scripture. If the government wants to allow these unions so be it. There is a means for them to have a civil union. I ask this, however, where as a society do we draw the line? I was in law enforcement for 18 years and saw all walks of life. I had this discussion with a fellow Moravian last week. When an incestuous couple comes before the church or even our government are those unions going to be allowed as well. Would we then not be discriminating against them if such unions are not allowed. Our government seems to have a problem drawing the line but we as a church should not.

The people at Westboro Baptist are tragically mislead and hateful people. If you can ask fellow Moravians, who love the Lord to jump off a cliff because they don't agree with your view and choose to express their view by signing this petition, then perhaps you would be better suited to join the ranks of Westboro Baptist because you sir or ma'am from Madison, Wisconsin sound just like them. We will add you to our prayer list.