As expected, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America adopted the following resolution:
“Resolved, that the ELCA commit itself to finding ways to allow congregations that choose to do so to recognize, support, and hold publicly accountable life-long, monogamous, same gender relationships.”
The vote was 619-402.
Later that afternoon, their leadership voted 559-451 to allow “people in such publicly accountable, lifelong, monogamous, same-gender relationships to serve as rostered leaders of this church.”