Pastors, churches offer views on same-sex marriage

What is your response to the same-sex marriage issue?

"I see it as largely a civil matter. It doesn't change who I am as a pastor." Ed Olfert, pastor of Grace Mennonite Church, Prince Albert, Sask.

"I can't say I've completely come to terms with where I stand.... I have compassion for those on the edge." Karen Martens Zimmerly, co-pastor of Grace Mennonite Church in Regina, Sask.

First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, Ont.-just completed a series of sermons on human sexuality. One of the sermons was a "sermonic conversation" between two of their pastors on homosexuality-describing various perspectives on the matter, and the history of the discussions within the …