All fte LCMS members I know have been born again and the LCMS is one of the more conservative voting blocks - more conservative in the pollsI have seen than just about any other denomination. Our synod president has recently written strong publications against abortion and gay marriage. You will not find gay clergy in the LCMS. I consider you a brother but you may wish to do some fact checking before you paint us with the catholic brush.
I was quoting stats that do not make the distinction you do based upon your personal acquaintances, but if "48% of MO synod lay people vote Democrat is true then that only further supportsd my statement "that the closer a Prot church is to Rome (which Mainline Prots usually are) then the more liberal they usually tend to be.
And note that I said "usually," and thus I am not necessarily painting you with the catholic brush, but which would require specific fact checking on your part as well to deny.