I agree with you totally. I was brought up in the Missouri Synod since my Brooklyn, N.Y. church was built in 1950. The only members we lost to theology was not over this issue. We lost numerous members who could not believe that the Missouri Synod preached opposition to the gay issue. Many of our members had children who went to public universities where their professors were gay or converted them to believe that believers should be accepted whether gay or not. Over time we lost their wealthy parents to the ELCA. Unfortunately, in the 1960’s we had over 400 members until Robert Moses decided to build a bridge to Staten Island. 7000 homes were destroyed for this project. In 1965, I decided to attend Concordia, Bronxville after I graduated from conservative high school. Most of the students were away from home for the first time. I took up theology as my major. I had the honor of taking Latin & Greek with Dr. James L. Brauer. He was the only professor there worth the year. The students cheated and partied all the time! I then chose to move back to my conservative Brooklyn to get a free education on a NYC scholarship. From there, I applied to Concordia Springfield in 1969, and was rejected when I would not tell them who I voted for in 1968 and explained why I left Concordia Bronxville. I then went on to get my MA, in NYC, turned to the conservative PCA, went to their seminary in Orlando Florida and received a MA from them. Their professors taught the Theology which you talk about and the students acted in a very religious way. I am happily retired from a NYC civil service job and back to my OLD church which is lucky to get 10 members older than me on a Sunday. The members get LCMS theology every Sunday with no clergy available! Now I can only reflect on the past! Keep up your fine work!