One of the great misfortunes of history is that all too many individuals and institutions find themselves in a great period of change and yet fail to achieve the new attitudes and outlooks that the new situation demands. There is nothing more tragic than to sleep through a revolution. And there can be no gainsaying of the fact that a social revolution is taking place in our world today. -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; The Ware Lecture; 1966.

Learned at Moxie's site that the Lutheran Church has decided not to decide. Oh, that they would have an iota of the bravery their name should give them. A heartbreaking day. One always hopes that their parent will love them unconditionally and my spiritual parent does not. I'm grown up, I have options. My heart aches for the kids stuck in these places who feel that God doesn't love them and that their souls are dirty because of the way they're wired. I can't help but feel that these people of God must know they've made the most cowardly choice of all. That makes it even worse.