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The Largest Protestant Adoption Agency Changes Its Policies on LGBTQ Couples – Terry Mattingly, 6/24/26 (1751)

Issues, Etc.

Lutheran Public Radio

Christianity, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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0:00.0

Criticism.

0:01.0

Thank God that it's 501 and the show is over.

0:06.0

Commendation.

0:07.2

I am not a Lutheran, but I regularly listen to issues, et cetera, and thank you for putting

0:14.4

this on the air.

0:15.7

Conundrum.

0:16.7

A Catholic's friend has come to our L-CMS, and he said, why do you say very God of

0:23.8

very God?

0:24.5

And I couldn't think of a good answer.

0:26.8

The issues at Satara comment line, 618-223-83-82.

0:45.1

Probably I think comments have done very well since Dobbs. Not one pro-life incumbent has lost a state-wide race. Margaret Thatcher very famously said,

0:47.3

socialism works great until you run out of other people's money. In the Islamic system,

0:52.3

the system works great until you run out of the infidels money.

0:55.4

I love this quotation from Luther. He says, spare me from a church in which there are no sinners.

1:02.4

The essential character of being a Christian is to be a redeemed sinner.

1:07.6

If we are Christians and we suffer, is that so unbelievable that we should bear a

1:14.6

splinter of Jesus cross after he has gone through so much as a perfect one? Aspice nurses,

1:20.3

driving around from patient to patient, love listening to issues, et cetera. Well, the largest Protestant adoption and foster care agency, Bethany Christian Services,

1:33.5

has reversed itself on a very important issue. It issued a update of its statement of faith and

1:40.6

belief. It will no longer be setting children out for adoption or foster care with

1:45.5

LGBTQ couples. Now, what I find remarkable is I have not yet found a headline in the legacy media

1:55.8

with the exception of Fox News about this story. Why is that? Greetings and welcome to issues et cetera live on this Wednesday afternoon, the 24th of June.

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