Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton offered a pastoral letter on June 30 to the 3.8 million members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, in response to the recent Supreme Court ruling that same-sex couples may now exercise the right to marry. The full text of the statement follows. To more easily view the pdf document, Download (PDF, 49KB) or use the Zoom in or Pop-Out buttons in the displayed document below (hover your mouse pointer over the upper-right corner of the document).