You know what else was a distraction? The whole gay bishop confirmation. While everyone was reeling from that, and after a lot of conservatives left the conference, they voted to allow parishes to develop blessings for same-sex commitments, Then they tried to pretend they were acting out of concern when they voted down writing an actual liturgy for same-sex unions. Now that is just wrong.
The church is not going to bend over backwards to write blessings for *my* sinful behaviors. Just those of our brand new special protected class.
They must be a separate creation. Current "wisdom" is that God was only speaking to heterosexual men and women throughout the whole of history, not to gays and lesbians. Who said that? Lots of people, including the Archbishop of Canterbury.
So don't say the homsexual issue is beside the point. It's the root of the heresy here.
That is the real issue. Throughout both the Old and New Testaments, homosexuality is repeatedly denounced as one of the gravest sins. Well, is it? Or is that just a translation error? And if that is just an old idea we can discard, then what other sins are no longer relevant?
Until the church addresses the differences between Scripture and doctrine on this point -- at least, until they address it with more than an elaborate waving of hands and a vague, "The Holy Spirit moved us to erect a bigger tent" -- until that issue is resolved, they remain in serious danger of becoming The Church of Whatever Makes You Feel Good.
Which may draw a large congregation in the U.S., but it is not Christianity.