"As far as women elders and ministers/pastors goes, isn't it interesting that every denomination which allows women to serve in those roles is being ripped apart by the homosexual and abortion issue. Just something to think about."
Feel compelled to chime in on this one...especially since I am both an erstwhile feminist female and former ECUSA. It is my considered opinion that ordination of female priests opened the door to the wholesale takeover of ECUSA by radical homosexuals, New Agers, & just plain old heretics bent on destroying the church. You know, history tends to repeat itself. The first and most ardent warriors for Black civil rights were the Suffragists and, later, the Women's Libbers - and not for purely atruistic reasons. These women actually believed that women's rights would ride on the coattails of the abolishonist and civil rights movements. Their error was in believing that if they supported the rights of Black people, Black people would, in turn, support them & their demands. That, of course, didn't happen & feminists felt betrayed. It's a history lesson that is oft repeated in feminist circles with the implication that "when we get ours, we won't forget the people who helped us get it." When these feminists "got theirs" in the form of women's ordination, it was the homosexual male priests, bishops, & closeted homos in the laity who made it happen. It's payback time. Now it is these same feminist priests (and homo clergy) who've orchestrated the greatest & most widespread heresy ever to infest the Christian faith.
I, also, urge Dems_R_Losers to re-consider his/her "litmus test" for finding a new church home. Traditional (aka "continuing")Anglican churches, of which there are many, encourage women's involvement in the church everywhere EXCEPT ordination to the priesthood or episcopate. If women's ordination is a dealbreaking issue for Dems_R_Losers, I can only conclude that he/she is not now (and probably never was) an Anglican. In that case, a nice Baptist church would do fine. Better to be a good Baptist than a half-baked Anglican.
" It is my considered opinion that ordination of female priests opened the door to the wholesale takeover of ECUSA by radical homosexuals, New Agers, & just plain old heretics bent on destroying the church."
Bingo, bango, on target with high-order detonation.