While Democrats platforming abortion shouldn’t be surprising, it is still jarring to see how abortion—the intentional killing of an innocent child—animates the base of one of our nation’s major political parties.

The cultural winds have shifted dramatically—Tuesday, 47 Republicans capitulated to these trends and voted against natural marriage, society’s most important, pre-political institution.

One simply cannot condone, support, and champion the killing of preborn children in the pulpit and satisfy the requirements for pastoral ministry…