ELCA Publishes Book Encouraging ‘Queer Children’ to Ignore and ‘Limit Contact’ with Non-Affirming Parents
Editor’s Note. The book’s publisher is Beaming Books, whose parent company is 1517 Media, the publishing ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
(Alpha News) A sitting member of the Minnesota House of Representatives published a self-help book for Christian teens who are questioning their sexuality.
Rep. Leigh Finke, DFL-St. Paul, a first-term legislator who is transgender and identifies as a woman, released a book in 2020 entitled, “Queerfully and Wonderfully Made: A Guide for LGBTQ+ Christian Teens.”
“Queerfully and Wonderfully Made” contains almost no references to prayer and encourages teens to “limit contact” with adults who do not affirm their choices, including parents.
“Please, if your parents are unsupportive, remember this: You are a separate human person from your parents (crazy, right?!). They don’t know you like you do; they don’t get to decide who you are,” the book says. “God decided that, you have accepted it, and if they are going to be part of your future, they’ll have to accept it too.”
Finke echoed…to continue reading click here.
This article was written by Sheila Qualls and published at Alpha News.
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So let me get this straight: A (supposed) Christian organization is telling children to ignore/refute parents, in opposition to Holy Scripture that commands them to do otherwise?
Got it, ELCA is no Christian organization.
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