Thanks for the pings. We were discussing this very topic about the question why Tiller was not excommunicated by his church. This is not being reported by the SRM. He WAS excommunicated by the LCMS.
BTW Charles, I shared this link with many of our members and I got a number of positive comments. Thanks again.
http://www.issuesetc.org/ondemand.html
Issues Etc. is a great site, and they are all over these type of stories, where politics and religion intersect. (BTW, Issues Etc. is another area where Mollie has devoted her considerable energies. She and I both were involved in organizing the demonstration outside LCMS headquarters in support of Issues, and we each have been on the program a number of times.)