They have pretty much told the rest of the Anglican Communion to go pound sand. I wonder if the Communion will stand their ground and excommunicate (can the Anglicans do that or is that just a Catholic thing) the Episcopal Church.
Personally, I predict a lot of new Anglican churches here in the U.S. pretty quickly.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Episcopalians passed a resolution expressing "regret" for consecrating a homosexual bishop in 2003, but not "repentance" as many of the world's Anglican archbishops have urged.
The resolution that apologized to other Anglicans for not taking into account "the impact of our actions" was passed the same day as the newly elected presiding bishop played up the divisions within worldwide Anglicanism by saying homosexuality is not a sin.
Meanwhile yesterday, a key conservative bishop responded to the election of Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori by asking the worldwide head of the Anglican Communion for "alternate oversight" under a foreign archbishop who holds the traditional church teaching on homosexuality and female ordination.
The resolution of regret, which passed the Episcopal House of Deputies 563-267, also must pass the House of Bishops, which will consider it today at the denomination's triennial General Convention meeting in Columbus, Ohio.
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Members of Integrity, the church's homosexual caucus, said the Episcopal Church will not back down from its advocacy of same-sex unions and homosexual bishops.
"I see no energy in this house to turn back the clock," said the Rev. Susan Russell, Integrity president. "The vote [for Bishop Schori] yesterday is a sign the House wants to move forward.
"Offering a challenge to the Anglican Communion is not a negative thing. Hopefully, 30 years from now, I'll be back here in my wheelchair to see them elect a gay and lesbian presiding bishop."
It is the homosexual rape of a diseased church before our very eyes. They are snakes; reprobates revelling in their own perversion and encouraging others to do same. Should be a prime example of what will happen when the church is not vigilant to distance themselves from evil and resist them. Grace without repentance is not God's love but a counterfeit.
The comment about oversight doesn't wash. It is about obedience and submission in the church to Biblical authority. The Episcopals have blasphemed their way to debauchery and destruction; I pray it comes sooner rather than later.
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