I'm a life-long LCMS member. With great haste, I will soon join the ELCA. Here's why: God made us in HIS image. God didn't make mistakes. He made some people straight ... and others gay. And to those who use this phrase, "Struggling with same-sex attraction" ... YOU should be ashamed of yourselves. YOU are denying the empirical truth that homosexuality is not a choice. It's genetically assigned in the womb. YOU are causing LCMS youth (and all LGBT people) to feel inferior to their "straight" brethren due to something over which they have no control. Shame on you all. You should focus on preaching the message of salvation through Christ. And the message that Christ loves ALL of his children, regardless of sexual orientation or any other human condition.

Sincerely,
Tyler D. Andersen