pacino wrote:what a joke. it took 15 shots just to get into the place. this lawyer is scum. the parents are beyond distraught and some unscrupulous lawyer has warped them.

The Dude wrote:those are not comparable stories at all

NYTimes wrote:Pastor Apologizes to His Denomination for Role in Sandy Hook Interfaith Service

A Lutheran pastor who participated in an interfaith prayer service in Newtown, Conn., in the days after the Sandy Hook massacre has apologized after being criticized by the leader of his denomination for violating its prohibition against joint worship with other religions.

The Rev. Rob Morris, a new pastor who lost one of the members of his congregation in the shooting, defended himself in an open letter published by the church, saying that before the tragedy, he had spent hours with his congregation educating them about the differences between Lutheran teaching “and the teachings of false religions such as Islam or Baha’i,” both of which had clergy members at the interfaith service....

“I believed my participation to be, not an act of joint worship, but an act of community chaplaincy,” he wrote.

drsmooth wrote:

NYTimes wrote:Pastor Apologizes to His Denomination for Role in Sandy Hook Interfaith Service

A Lutheran pastor who participated in an interfaith prayer service in Newtown, Conn., in the days after the Sandy Hook massacre has apologized after being criticized by the leader of his denomination for violating its prohibition against joint worship with other religions.

The Rev. Rob Morris, a new pastor who lost one of the members of his congregation in the shooting, defended himself in an open letter published by the church, saying that before the tragedy, he had spent hours with his congregation educating them about the differences between Lutheran teaching “and the teachings of false religions such as Islam or Baha’i,” both of which had clergy members at the interfaith service....

“I believed my participation to be, not an act of joint worship, but an act of community chaplaincy,” he wrote.

sigh

add US Lutheranism to my vast list of religious bodies I have zero respect for

TenuredVulture wrote:

drsmooth wrote:

NYTimes wrote:Pastor Apologizes to His Denomination for Role in Sandy Hook Interfaith Service

A Lutheran pastor who participated in an interfaith prayer service in Newtown, Conn., in the days after the Sandy Hook massacre has apologized after being criticized by the leader of his denomination for violating its prohibition against joint worship with other religions.

The Rev. Rob Morris, a new pastor who lost one of the members of his congregation in the shooting, defended himself in an open letter published by the church, saying that before the tragedy, he had spent hours with his congregation educating them about the differences between Lutheran teaching “and the teachings of false religions such as Islam or Baha’i,” both of which had clergy members at the interfaith service....

“I believed my participation to be, not an act of joint worship, but an act of community chaplaincy,” he wrote.

sigh

add US Lutheranism to my vast list of religious bodies I have zero respect for

Beez can probably elaborate on this, but the pastor was a Missouri Synod Lutheran, who really are very different from the Evangelical Lutherans. It may seem like hairsplitting, but they're really entirely different denominations. (And don't even try figuring all the different ways Baptists organize themselves.)

The Rev. Rob Morris, pastor of Christ the King Lutheran Church, prayed at the vigil the Sunday following the Dec. 14 shootings alongside other Christian, Muslim, Jewish and Baha’i clergy.

Morris’ church is a member of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, and the denomination’s constitution prohibits ministers from participating in services with members of different faiths.

It’s not the first time a Missouri Synod pastor has been reprimanded for joining an interfaith prayer service; a New York pastor also was suspended for participating in an interfaith service after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

LCMS president Matthew Harrison wrote in a letter to the Synod that “the presence of prayers and religious readings” made the Newtown vigil joint worship, and therefore off-limits to Missouri Synod ministers. Harrison said Morris’ participation also offended members of the denomination.

“After consultation with my supervisors and others, I made my own decision,” Morris wrote in his apology letter. “I believed my participation to be, not an act of joint worship, but an act of community chaplaincy.”

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