Original sentence: Thomas went on to specifically call out Evangelical Association of Reformed, Christian and Congregational Churches and the Biblical Witness Fellowship due to their association with the  "right-wing Institute for Religion and Democracy.”   To some, Thomas' analogy seemingly implied that opponents to the resolution represented a pharisaical point of view, and that their resistance was due to not wanting to see the undeserving be welcome into UCC congregations
Edited sentence: "  Instead, Thomas spoke of Evangelical Association of Reformed, Christian and Congregational Churches and the Biblical Witness Fellowship due to their association with the  "right-wing Institute for Religion and Democracy."  Similarly, Thomas did not address the younger brother's repentance when we read in Luke that younger brother says, "I have sinned against heaven and against you.But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this (younger) brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.I am no longer worthy to be called your son.Instead, the father corrects the older brother while acknowleding the sin of the younger brother that Thomas ignores.Luke writes, 'My son,' the father said (to the older brother), 'you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.”   In making the analogy, Thomas did not address the fact Luke writes of how the younger son "squandered his wealth in wild living.”  In Luke, however, the older brother did not have the last word