But anyway, that's not why I'm posting. Here's what got me percolating:
>"Dioceses and congregations don't leave. People do," said Jan Nunley, a representative of the national church. "We've had bishops say, 'I resign,' but we've never had one say, 'I resign my responsibility to the Episcopal Church, but I'm not leaving.' "Oh yes we have, honey! The names Pike and Spong leap to mind -- and the geniuses who ordained the Philadelphia eleven. Those people renounced their reponsibility to the Episcopal Church. it's just that in those cases TEC said, "Hey, no problem! Don't go away mad. Don't go away at all!"
FYI, Jan Nunley is a priestess dyke.