Presumably the ELCA are ‘followers of Sodom’, since Luther never preached that sodomy is a virtue.
“At that time the church was apostate among other things selling indulgences and claiming that this would purchase forgiveness of sin without repentance and subsequently salvation”
Indulgences are given for the dead, not for the person themselves. You don’t take out an indulgence for forgiveness of your sins.
“at that time the pope excommunicated Luther, and at the diet of Worms Luther was given the opportunity to rescind his teachings”
You’ve got it backwards - Luther’s 95 theses, about 75 were accepted by the Church. 14 or so were rejected. Luther was instructed to retain the 75 and rescind the 14 which were contrary to what the Church teaches. He refused.
“claiming the Word of God was inerrant and not subject to the papal interpretation.”
Given that he was a member of the magisterium and had teaching authority, such an argument is fatal to his own authority. One cannot divide one’s own authority as a priest from the Pope, they are one and the same.
“He further denied the diety of the pope.”
Something no Catholic believes, then or now.
“Upon excommunication, the Protestant movement was born”
Munster occurred two years prior to Luther’s excommunication, FWIW.
“All Protestants accept the low church perspective that priests and hierarchical men are not required to petition God and that our relationship is personal with God and not necessarily contingent on a relationship with a church body per se.”
Catholics believe that one can petition God without a priest, and that salvation doesn’t require one to be a member of the Catholic church, or any church for that matter.