bruce-church (http://bruce-church.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Time To Escape From The Synod of the Apes.Why Pay...":
The LCMS has always been heavily involved in the US military chaplaincy program--at least since WWII. Now, however, with the military's "Don't Ask, Please Tell" policy of allowing gays, chaplains are being asked to officiate at same-sex marriages:
"HOMOSEXUAL SENSITIVITY TRAINING" AND GAY MARRIAGE IN THE MILITARY
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2011/05/homosexual-sensitivyt-training-and-gay-marriage-in-the-military-.html