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the single greatest sign of acceptance was the success of The Vicar of Dibley, the comedy series...

I can't say I've seen more than 10 minutes of this trashy series (rebroadcast at odd hours in the USA by PBS, of course) without hearing the prodigiously porcine, pushy-priestess character make some sort of off-color joke, provoking me to switch the channel. What a lovely example of a "woman of God!"

Last year I spoke to a Canon with the C-of-E (living here in America now) who told me he had once supported women's ordination, but now he has changed. The experience in the parishes in England is part of what has changed his mind.

Here's the best quote in the article...and why the sodomites have driven in through the same hole in the wall that the well-meaning (and subjectively "called") women broke open:

But it was never about pragmatism. It was about whether the Church had the authority to make that decision.

Last year I spoke to a Canon with the C-of-E (living here in America now) who told me he had once supported women's ordination, but now he has changed. The experience in the parishes in England is part of what has changed his mind...

This should not call merely his conclusions into question, but his method.

Last year I spoke to a Canon with the C-of-E (living here in America now) who told me he had once supported women's ordination, but now he has changed.

This is the story which is never told. I was 12 when the vote went through, and not understanding the issues involved I supported it, along with hundreds of other people since then I have realised my error.