Church Obsessions

From today's New York Times:

...Pope Francis, in the first extensive interview of his six-month-old papacy, said that the Roman Catholic church had grown “obsessed” with preaching about abortion, gay marriage and contraception, and that he has chosen not to speak of those issues despite recriminations from some critics

In remarkably blunt language, Francis sought to set a new tone for the church, saying it should be a “home for all” and not a “small chapel” focused on doctrine, orthodoxy and a limited agenda of moral teachings....

The Pope could just as well be describing what has happened to my church--Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS)--especially the part about "a limited agenda of moral teachings".  This coincides with the increased politicization of the WELS.  The "moral teachings" emphasized by the current church seem to be limited to those near and dear to the Religious Right and other politically conservative groups.