I wouldn’t compare this organization with the Catholic Church in any way, shape or form: most particularly on this issue.
If you do not, then you do not catch my comparison. Just as the Roman Catholic Church has siezed upon the claim of "the Church", but misses the Gospel by a country mile, this Lutheran "Church" lays claim to the title, but is wide of the mark. The RCC errs by substituting sacerdotalism, mariolatry, indulgences, sacraments, confessionism, papalism, veneration of the "saints", and a host of other un-biblical doctrines for the biblical doctrine of grace. Similarly, the Lutheran Church in question teaches homosexuality, women eldership, child baptism and a host of other un-biblical doctrines in place of grace. While Rome does not advocate those particular errors, I was pointing out that claiming a name as a "church" does not make it, nor the Lutheran "church", a true assembly supported by God.