More #DontFrackMD signs at #RoadTrip17! @MDSenate @mdhousedems @conway_joanEHE pic.twitter.com/2ULUn3Awqo
— DE-MD Synod ELCA (@ELCAdemdsynod) January 21, 2017
- Then we have ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton taking a position on the Standing Rock pipeline issue and she points to racism as a reason for the crisis. She writes:
“I believe that we are called as a church to support the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe: to stand with the Tribe as they seek justice, to encourage our congregations to pray for them and to offer material support, and to examine the racism inherent in our system that contributes to the current crisis.” (see here)
- Standing on the liberal side again, WELCA posts a blog that opposes the celebration of Columbus Day:
Today's blogger is happy the organization where she works— @ELCA —does not observe Columbus Day as a holiday. https://t.co/dZVENtbOxq pic.twitter.com/M1kocagVCw
— Women of the ELCA (@WomenoftheELCA) October 10, 2016
- During the spring of 2015 the ELCA’s St. Ansgar Lutheran Church in Portland, Maine celebrated ecofeminism! (see here)