I am a Christian and a gay man. I go to an LCMS church with my partner where we are welcomed and loved. Why I stay in the Missouri Synod I do not know. Perhaps because it still believes Jesus is the only way to heaven. I offer you a perspective from a gay man who at forty had to go live with his parents because he couldn't get off the couch because he was so depressed. How could I be gay if I were A Christian. Have you ever laid in bed thinking of how you could kill yourself and make it look like an accident. Homosexuality is definitely the pet sin in the Missouri Synod right now. I see it as an obsession with Rev Harris The issue is so much more complicated than presented here. I don't pretend to have all the answers here but I see the hostility that this Synod has towards gay people. People that are against gay marriage are not my enemy. Churches should be able to marry who they want. All I ask is that you who profess Christ stop vilifying gay people. And this starts at the top.