Tornado hits ELCA convention; sexuality statement passes

By Stephen J. Lee
August 19 2009

While the Lutherans inside were debating a controversial new social statement on human sexuality, a tornado hit the outside of the Minneapolis Convention Center on Wednesday afternoon. A short time later, the assembly passed by an exact and needed two-thirds majority a controversial new social statement on human sexuality.

Nobody, including the Rev. Mark Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, drew any connection between the circumstances. And the main thing: nobody was hurt when the tornado hit, Hanson told the 2,000 people gathered at the church's bienniel national assembly.

The tornado did damage across parts of south Minneapolis, including downing trees and lamp posts, but no injuries were reported.
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