The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS) has always been a rather argumentative tradition. They argue with each other constantly, and with everyone else at least occasionally. (I've always suspected they did this for its entertainment value. They seem to be enjoying themselves.)
They've never had much use for other Lutherans, let alone Anglicans. I don't know what their specific critique of Anglicanism is, but they can't be very happy with Anglicanism's Cranmer-influenced sacramental theology--that's one thing among (undoubtedly) many others.
Culture war politics, however, has led the LCMS and the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) into each others' arms. (The ACNA is a group of about 1000 parishes that broke away from the Episcopal Church USA when the New Hampshire diocese elected a gay bishop.) Their shared aversion to womens' rights and gay rights trumps whatever here-to-fore earth-shattering differences they might have in theology.
There are some differences in doctrine, (LCMS president Matthew) Harrison agreed, but quoted a Lutheran theologian as saying that churches who can honestly discuss where they have disagreements in doctrine are in fact closer to each other than churches who cannot discuss such matters.
We've seen this in other places lately, notably among some evangelicals and some Roman Catholic bishops, who, not so long ago, considered the other as heretics and heretics, respectively. Now, several evangelical leaders have found themselves in substantial political agreement with the hard-core traditionalist wing of the Catholic bishops.
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