The Atlantic Dixtrict lost some of its members in the NYC attack, so there was a direct pastoral need for participation, as with the nearly parallel situation (including charges, later withdrawn) after the Sandy Hook school shooting. I believe the LCMS Pastor lost two young parishioners in that violence.
In both cases, the pastors offered overtly, non-generic prayers and brought the witness of orthodox Christianity into what would otherwise have been a “COEXIST” pep rally/group therapy.
I wasn’t saying the pastors at the service were wrong. I was saying that Preus’s attacks had some basis.
I also called him a horse’s rear end. He, and his followers (who I think are now in the WELS but not sure) were gunning for someone.