How should faithful Lutherans-that is, Lutherans who affirm the male-female requirement for sexual unions so important to Jesus and the scriptural witness to him-deal with these new heretical and immoral actions? In particular, do the recent actions of the Churchwide Assembly justify beginning a trajectory that will lead eventually to disaffiliation with the denominational structure known as the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America?

If Christian voters share common morals and values, how is it that their voting patterns and priorities aren't more unified?

According to a new study, the answer is that Christians don't share a common worldview, their morals and values sprayed across the spectrum by differing views in a handful of key areas.

But this week, some conservative Christians have called the event a threat to Christian values. In a statement, the Rev. Canon Julian Dobbs, leader of the Convocation of Anglicans in North America's Church and Islam Project, warned that the service is "part of a well-defined strategy to Islamize American society and replace the Bible with the Koran, the cross with the Islamic crescent and the church bells with the Athan [the Muslim call to prayer]."

Tom Minnery of Focus on the Family Action charges: "Thirty years of pro-life progress could be undone without a debate, under the guise of reforming American health care."

However, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, told ABC's George Stephanaopoulos that Obama thinks his opposition to public funding of abortions "is a moral issue as well as an economic issue. I think the legislative language will reflect what the President has just said."