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Tooley: Trans-friendly denomination sad but not surprising
Monday, May 24, 2021 |
Steve Jordahl (OneNewsNow.com)
The Swedish Lutheran Church is coming out as transgender – yes, literally.
In a public letter to transgender people in Sweden, the largest Lutheran denomination in Europe says it is coming out as “trans” since, according to their logic, churches are made up of people and some people are transgender.
Mark Tooley, who tracks far-left religiosity at the Institute on Religion and Democracy, says the Scandinavian Lutheran churches are among the most far-left progressive congregations in Western Europe.
“So sadly not surprising,” he says of the pro-transgender announcement.