Traditional Anglican ping, continued in memory of its founder Arlin Adams. I became disillusioned with the “democratic” nature of ECUSA way before Gene Robinson came along. Despite the rhetoric, the Episcopal Church is slanted towards the upper-income, professional people and the inherited-money crowd. That makes the mantra about the Millennium Development goals seem shallow and insincere. If you really think that the eradication of world poverty is important – and all Christians should – then tithe directly to an organization that deals directly with that. Funneling your hard-earned dollars through multiple layers of well-paid Episcopal bureaucrats will not do that much to provide food or medical care to a starving child in the 3rd World. About all that will be accomplished will be providing jobs for 815 hacks to travel around the world doing "PR" about how wonderful ECUSA is b/c they are supposedly dedicated to these goals.