Excellent analysis.... spot on..Though it does apply only to VA, the value nationwide is the perception that TEC has lost a big one...
Thanks.
My point was though that legally, this decision, especially since it is regarding a unique Virginia law, will have no bearing on other courts.
PR-wise, and perception wise—especially since Virginia is TEC’s biggest diocese, the implications are huge.
Outside of VA, for those of you who want your state’s churches of any denomination NOT to be in the stranglehold of the (liberal/mainline) denominational authorities, with the congregation able to leave if they like—lobby your state legislators to pass a law like Virginia’s—assuming it passes constitutional muster.