London Times: 'Boston tea party' as US Episcopal radicals defy Canterbury

[DeepModem Mom]

'Boston tea party' as US radicals defy Canterbury
From James Bone in Columbus, Ohio

The Episcopal Church delivered a resounding rebuff to the Archbishop of Canterbury (leader of the worldwide Anglican Church) last night by rejecting calls for a moratorium on the consecration of gay bishops.

The vote increased the likelihood of a schism in the worldwide Anglican communion over the place of homosexuals in the Church.

Traditionalists described the decision by the American church’s three-yearly convention as a clear rebellion against the Anglican hierarchy, which had appealed for a ban on gay bishops after the 2003 consecration of an openly gay bishop in New Hampshire.

Bishop Robert Duncan of Pittsburgh, a leader of the traditionalist Anglican Communion Network, compared the decision to America’s revolt against British colonial rule. "We got a Boston Tea Party," he told The Times.

"It leaves the Episcopal Church as having walked apart," Bishop Duncan said. "We all thought we would get a fudge. What we got was a clear rejection. It’s extraordinary. It gives the worldwide communion a clear message that the American Church is going to do its own thing."...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2235761,00.html

[crikkett]

1. well gee whiz...

imagine what 'liberty and justice for all' means, in American, not English.

[sarge43]

2. In case you all didn't get it the first time ....

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these, are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

[DeepModem Mom]

3. TJ said it well! nt