The Anglican Communion has suspended U.S. Episcopalians from serving on ecumenical bodies because of the election of a lesbian as a bishop in California.
The U.S. church opened a rift in the global communion, and within its own ranks, seven years ago by electing a gay man, V. Gene Robinson, as bishop of New Hampshire. Conservative African Anglicans have taken a lead in opposing moves in the United States and Canada to promote gays and to bless homosexual relationships.
Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury and spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion, had called for a moratorium on appointing homosexuals to leadership positions. He asked for action against the Episcopal Church after the Rev. Canon Mary Glasspool was made an assistant bishop of Los Angeles.
This has the look and feel of damage control on the part of the ABC, still angling for a middle solution. But judging from the HOB/D listserve, TEC is, shall we say, not pleased.
Interesting comment from +Brookhart, that he personally disagreed with the Glasspool consecration, and he is one of those being downgraded. But then, he is still a bishop in TEC, so he is in that sense endorsing its doctrine.
Talking points need not have any relation to reality, just like EcUSA/TEc theology, nor logic, nor even reason. So they do not. However, experentially, the pain of being called out for conduct unbecoming seems to be a bad experience for ’em. Which is a good thing. But I doubt it will have any impact on ’em. Invincibly wrong is as invincibly wrong does … repeatedly.