A recent suit was filed in Cass County, N.D., against the ELCA Eastern North Dakota Synod alleging discrimination against conservative members. The suit lists the ELCA; the synod; Norman Lutheran in Kindred, N.D.; a pastor; and several parishioners as defendants. The family that filed the suit said it has been members of Norman for 23 years and now feel ostracized for expressing opinions against hiring an openly gay pastor.

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