I was watching the live stream and watched as the camera panned the voting delegates several times during the "silent protest" -- the looks on the faces were quite revealing, to be sure.
Such protests may be a matter of conscience for some, and if so, well, there you go, but if such things are done with the thought that they will win a hearing for the position being advocated, come now people, we all know the tendency of all Lutherans is to be polite, and when people engage in rude behavior and ignore the kindly pastor at the chairman's microphone, well, that just doesn't play well with your average Lutheran delegate to a church convention.
All of which is to say...I agree with Richard who agrees with Lou and Steve, who agreed with me....or something like that.
