The sign sits propped on a wooden chair, inviting all comers: "Ask an Atheist."
More than 150 Christian leaders, most of them conservative evangelicals and traditionalist Roman Catholics, issued a joint declaration Friday reaffirming their opposition to abortion and gay marriage and pledging to protect religious freedoms.
A fracture of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America became a real possibility Wednesday with the announcement by dissidents they will have a new Lutheran denomination ready for launch by August. That marks a speed-up in plans by Lutherans who oppose the ELCA's decision to allow gay clergy to be pastors.
TOP JOBS
Power Plant Operator
Strawberry
Heavy Equipment Mech
Hilmar
Plant Maintenance
Livingston
Accounting Adm
Modesto
Is Manager
Stockton
Receptionist
Turlock
Occupational Therapist
Atwater
Tax Preparer
Turlock
Transport Refer Mech
Lathrop
Recession Proof Sales
Modesto
