These are the same reasons raised by those that accepted and endorsed women’s ordination: (1) It is an issue of equality and justice (2) The church has to change with the times (3) God’s grace means that you can ignore the law (Gospel Reductionism). Using those reasons, you can justify or rationalize anything. It is nothing other than cultural relativism. The contemporary culture determines what is meant by equality and justice, and what is moral. There is nothing objectively or intrinsically good or bad. Many ancient societies accepted and promoted pedophilia. It was considered a virtue by the Spartans as was killing slaves as long as you did not get caught. Getting caught was bad. I could justify these acts using the same arguments that you find in the ELCA.
That line of reasoning was first used to embrace the use of artificial birth control.
Then it was used to embrace divorce and remarriage after divorce, first for the laity, then for the clergy.
Then and only then came the push for women’s ordination.