[Capriole]

Many of us have already left the Episcopal Church. I was raised in the Episcopal Church and I will always love it, in a manner of speaking; my forebears worshipped in the Episcopal Church or C of E since these institutions came into being. But the beautiful hymns and splendid architecture cannot make up for the discomfort of having some gay fellow get up in front of the congregation and give sermons on the enlightening topic, "Write Us A Big Check So We Can Pursue Our Left-Wing Political Agenda As Jesus Would No Doubt Want If He Existed."

At historic Christ Church in Alexandria, Virginia--the place where my ancestors are buried, where George Washington had a pew, where Robert E. Lee was baptized!--I was explicitly told that as a conservative I would not be welcome there. I was so angry I considered writing to the suffragan bishop. Then I remembered that the suffragan bishop was a pinko sow who devoted all her energies to suppressing conservative dissent and making everyone toe the party line.

[ArrogantBustard]

Then I remembered that the suffragan bishop was a pinko sow

We (Catholics) have a variety of theological reasons for maintaining an exclusively male ordained ministry (deacons, priests, bishops). But there's also the practical reason: most of the women who want to be ordained are the very last people who should be in earthly charge of any Christian church. Lesbian, communist, gaia worshipping nuns are bad enough.

[ken5050]

I, for one...hope they DO go ahead and approve him. The Episcopal Church is beyond fixing, it's time for schism....and the only way we can show how small the hard left minority within the church is, is to let them keep the shallow trappings of faith....the churchs will be empty soon, they'll spend down all the money, we'll be able to buy them back in about a decade for 5 cents on the dollar...