What's the name of your church?
http://www.clcnj.org
I ask because I suspect you're thinking that my experiences in church happened in one of those stuffy, olde-tyme-religion churches that brooks no disagreement from established dogma.
I didn't really assume anything about the church you went to. There are many churches around here that are not old stuffy churches that claim all those things too, but fall short. But things are changing rapidly.
Where I live in the greater NY area, there are many liberals. Even the conservatives have a liberal flare to them. It reflects in the churches as well. Our church is mostly professional people that grew up around this area. It is a nice blend of all facets of life, and somehow we manage to find a middle ground.
and that gays and women who get abortions are abominations,
Just this Sunday, my Pastor mentioned the recent battle about same-sex marraige.
I asked him point blank, "besides religious reasons, so we have any reason to reject same-sex marraige?" His answer was no.
Then I asked, "do we have a right to force our religious views on the rest of the nation?" He answered no, and added that people just don't understand that.