"We must show we are welcoming. To people who've been oppressed, the welcome has to be even more strong." -- Bishop Robert Rimbo, Metropolitan New York Synod, ECLA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America), quoted in "Sexuality issue causes division, sadness -- and hope" by Sandra D. Guy, The Lutheran, April 2010 (vol. 23, #4), pp. 20-24 (quote appears on p. 23)