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The win, the payoff, for the libs is they get what they want: free control of the church, as exemplified by yet another openly-practicing homosexual bishop while (most) everyone stays put in their pews and all remains business as usual.

Thank you for your input.

Everyone, even a Catholic (ahem), can see that the schism and defections have been happening. Not everyone IS staying in his pew. Defections MUST be outnumbering baby baptisms and conversions.

So the libs will win a openly homosexual, married, with adopted/whatever children Archbishop of Canterbury, homosexual bishops, homosexual married priests, homosexual adoptions/"families" -- along with empty churches, depleted coffers, disheartened parishoners and a scattered, fragmented church with nothing in common but a history. That is the path they take now. Homosexuals comprise about 1% of the entire population. ALL THIS acrimony for 1% of the population to feel good about itself.
Maybe I'm wrong and am being just too negative. Tsk.

Departures have greatly exceeded babies & conversions for a long time now (decades), with a considerable shrinkage in ECUSA.

But I will note that it's not all by nor about the homosexuals; it would be an error to focus on this one point alone -- if anything, it's merely the latest element to appear.

And it's a little early to say for a surety where the AoC will wind up on this (I will admit I'm being more generous here than my predecessor Arlin.)

It's the liberals in general, considerably more than 1% of the population, that have driven this.