Due to several scandals about DUIs among high profile figures, Gustavus Adolphus College (ELCA) has asked WELS to appoint designated drivers for each worship conference leader.
In the good old days, a WELS pastor could pile his car into a utility pole, get a DUI ticket, and hear the synod officals say, "Just the man we need for world missions!" Off he would go, to a land of drunks, where the hooch was cheaper and the police more compassionate. It helps to be born already justified (first trimester).
A professor of worship could be arrested in his own town for DUI, convicted, and still beat the rap.
But now, a host college, even an ELCA one, has to be careful. People are bound to say, "How could you let them on your beautiful campus? What were you thinking? You know the WELS reputation."
