[GOPrincess]

I think the other thing that made Robinson's election different is that not only was this done very publicly (at the Convention, etc.) -- but it was done in the age of the Internet. Thanks to sites like Free Republic, Virtuosity, Classical Anglican Net News, American Anglican Council, Midwest Conservative Journal, etc., etc., etc., Episcopalians nationwide can *very* easily learn what is going on, and also use the Internet to network. This was simply not the case prior to the last few years. I, for instance, had no idea there were other homosexual bishops ordained, and, like you, was trusting that the national leadership had more sense than to ordain unrepentant sinners.

[ahadams2]

I think GOPrincess has a good point here - one of the reasons the heretics hate folks like David Virtue and the guys who run the CANN site is because this prevents the folks at 815 from controling the news. They got this far by simply ignoring anything they didn't want to report, and now that isn't possible. Indeed if the entire vicki gene scandal had happened even ten years ago it would have taken weeks for even those of us then connected to the internet to get the information out, and *months* for the Global South bishops to coordinate a response.

One thing socialists like Frank the heretic and company seem to be unable to deal with is the capacity for conservatives to *think*...and that's really the telling point here, beyond the speed of communication - well thought out responses by conservatives are now something 815 encounters on a daily basis - and they hate it.

[bonny011765]

The internet is absolutely a deciding factor in uniting not only orthodox in USA, but in uniting the world, and forcing some definitions on what it means to be a Christian. We so arrogantly thumb our nose at the third world, then blithely claim that we are not congregational, but denominational; that as Episcopalians we are the "thinking people's religion", leaning on the glorious and combined intellect of the Church as a whole; REASON-- a stool on our trumpeted triangle bequeathed from Hooker. Yet, when we listen online, we hear many more than our own echoed voices. We hear the Christians of the world, and they are speaking loud and clear against this consecration.

[secret garden]

Excellent point. There is no going back now, and they can no longer slide anything in, under the radar.

[mel]

I think you make a good point about communication.