Three kinds of feedback. Week before last I was quoted in a local newspaper, a fairly innocuous quote in which I expressed my support for a change in ELCA policy to permit non-heterosexuals to serve in rostered ministry on the same basis as heterosexuals. Last week the same columnist printed three responses -- three types of responses -- anonymous except for gender. One, fairly brief, agreed with my perspective. Another went to great lengths to explain her total misunderstanding of Romans 1. Hers is the too-common stance in which people say, "I may be prejudiced, but don't blame me, God made me do it!" But the third, apparently from a member of the congregation I am now serving (she said I'm a "wonderful interim pastor"), simply voiced her own weariness with and opposition to the attention given sexuality issues. She didn't blame God, she simply expressed an opinion -- a prejudice, to be sure. I'm still thinking through that response. At one level, I appreciate the honesty and the way she acknowledges her attitudes as her own. But at another level, this is still the position that contributes to the struggles of LGBTQ persons and permits their continued victimization. Church and society need to do better. And I think she needs some LGBTQ friends, to help her find her way.