It's all about protecting gay "rights."
I don't think so. It's all about money. They could care less about gay rights if it didn't mean money. We're in the preelection period when liberal candidates must out-liberal eachother to gain party hardliner/radical donations. This is the period when candidates gather funds indirectly through shadowy advocacy groups they can later disassociate themselves from. But now the various liberal leaders have to court their nutty base to get cash they won't be able to get from these single issue people like gay rights activists AFTER the primary because their chosen candidate- if he wins the primary- will have to run to the right to get elected. He'll - or she'll have to distance themselves from these people after the primary.
This group will fade after the primary and its keep actors will create and join 'moderate' groups to play the middle ground voters and get the donors they need at that time.
It's all about protecting gay "rights."
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Looks like we got us a head-on collision in the Episcopal church ..
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Episcopal head seeks gay compromise (asks members to roll back their support for gays, for now)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1792992/posts
NEW YORK - Appearing on a live webcast, the Episcopal Church's presiding bishop began the painful task Wednesday of persuading members to roll back their support for gays — at least for now — so the denomination can keep its place in the world Anglican fellowship.
The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, who personally supports ordaining partnered gays, told a studio audience, callers and those who submitted questions by e-mail that they should make concessions that Anglican leaders are seeking to buy time for reconciliation.
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not everyone agrees with this tactic..
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The Episcopal Church, which represents Anglicanism in the United States, caused an uproar in 2003 by consecrating its first openly gay bishop, V. Gene Robinson. The decision put the liberal Christian focus on social justice directly at odds with the traditional biblical view of sexuality.
On Tuesday, Robinson made his first public comments on Anglican demands, saying the church should reject the ultimatum and instead "get on with the work of the Gospel" no matter how communion leaders react. Several other Episcopal bishops have issued similar statements.
Most of the calls and questions submitted during the webcast were equally fraught.