Faith and Funding

I was recently interviewed by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune about a struggle over the admission of a transgendered individual to a government-funded adult day care program run by a Lutheran (Missouri Synod) church.  The story has two particularly curious aspects: why would the individual choose a rural, conservative church when apparently there were other options much closer to her home?  Second, why would a Christian church exclude a transgendered individual from the reach of its ministry?  In any event, the article (registration may be req'd) was today's front-page news.

Rob