The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS), the third largest Lutheran church in the United States at 395,947 members, does not ordain homosexuals. In 2006, Lionel Ketola became the first person in a same-sex marriage to be appointed vicar (intern) of an Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada congregation.
Mwasisi wa Chadema Edwin Mtei (mwenye kofia) akizungumza kwenye mkutano wa siku tatu wa Baraza la Kanda ya Kaskazini ya chama hicho jijini Arusha juzi. Wapili kushoto ni Mwenyekiti wa Kanda Mchungaji Israel Natse, Mwenyekiti wa Chadema, Freeman Mbowe na Katibu wa Kanda, Amani Golugwa.