I find it difficult to grasp how a large percentage of the comments made above fit into the understanding that we are all people for whom our Savior (with absolutely no discrimination) died. In some cases, it sounds like gay folks might even be banned from participation in congregational activities perhaps to the inclusion of worship services. That boggles my mind. Our Lord spent His entire ministry reaching out to all people and rejecting none. He did so until the very day He died as He asked His Father to forgive the very people who nailed him to the cross. I cannot in my wildest imagination picture Jesus turning anyone away from His love, and yet I hear an entire group of people He loved enough to die for being classified and spoken of as though they are not welcome in His presence. It is interesting that it took a decision by the Boy Scouts of America to bring out this ugly bigotry that has apparently been festering beneath the surface for a long time. It is my prayer that these are not the true colors of our denomination finally showing through.