Fixed it.
I have a childhood friend who was a member of the ELCA for years and then about 10 years ago he said "NO More".
He has since been turned off from all churches despite my encouragement to find a Christ centered Church.
These abomination "churches" are infecting a lot of Christiandom.
Your friend can stay within the denomination, just move over to Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. LCMS is solidly conservative and strictly adheres to biblical teaching. No homo marriage. No abortion.
I ditched the PCUSA in the mid 90’s for the same reason. I was a Deacon in their church.