It is proven by their website that as a unit they DO believe Jesus is God. Now, we know that in every group there are those who don't believe but that doesn't mean that the entire unit accepts their teaching. There have been examples given of these people who have differing beliefs but again that does not mean that all of Lutheranism agrees with their teaching or that their Synod is teaching the same thing.
I appreciate the attempt to deal with what is so far gossip. But "Jesus is God" is probably not a phrase you want to use to define orthodoxy. It's not present in any of the classical creeds that I'm familiar with, nor is it in the Book of Concord (unless I've missed something).
While I don't know the specifics, given mainline theology as a whole, it's very likely that many of their seminary faculty make use of modern theological language. There's a tendency in modern theology not use that phrase. Of course Christ, who is both human and God, is God. But many people use "Jesus" to refer specifically to his human existence. This usage is Scriptural. If you look at where Scripture uses Jesus and where it uses Christ, you'll see that there's a subtle difference.
Lutherans, of course, have some specific emphases. That would make it a bit more likely that they'd agree that Jesus is God than most mainline theologians. That's because historically they have pushed the communication of attributes further than others. Thus, for example, they have historically asserted that Jesus' human body is omnipresent, not because its humanity is different from ours, but because in union with the Logos, it shares in divine attributes.
But still, one could believe that an ELCA theologian might not want to say "Jesus is God" but might still hold orthodox theology. As one example, N T Wright has rather pointedly refused to say that, but he is surely orthodox. To judge orthodoxy you need to look at not just the words people say, but what they mean. That's why I said we need to look at specifics of what is actually taught, not at use of a phrase that is not used either in Scripture or the creeds.
