One would think the American Anglican Council would be pleased as punch that a gay was not elected as Episcopal bishop in California last Saturday.
One would, of course, be wrong.
From the official press release of the AAC, their gloating/growling points are:
- Well, the candidates were all wrong-headed heretics. Even the straight ones.
None of the seven candidates has indicated intentions to declare and implement a moratorium on same-sex blessings or pledged to withhold consent for same-sex partnered individuals as bishop; none has committed to uphold Lambeth 1.10 within the diocese or as a member of the House of Bishops. Three of the episcopal candidates for bishop in California are living lives in open contradiction to Christian teaching on sexuality, and all of the individuals espouse contradictory teaching.
- Ironically, the apostates must be really torqued over this.
How will activists respond to the fact that a diocese which has for years been a bastion of amorphous Christianity and aggressive revisionism chose a white, heterosexual, Southern male as bishop?
- Or maybe not. Had a gay won the election, it would have been a slap in the face of all true Christians. Since one didn’t win, obviously it’s a conspiratorial slap in the face of all true Christians.
Did the diocese succumb to reported pressure from the national Episcopal Church USA (ECUSA), including Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold, to avoid electing a partnered homosexual? Is such pressure in fact part of a coordinated strategy intended to mislead the Communion?
Oh, well, at any rate, I’m sure Bishop Andrus welcomed the heartfelt congratulations and fervent prayers for his episcopate. Or … maybe not, since those were conspicuously absent from the press release.
How … loving.
::Wayne Campbell:: “Not!”
Oh, well. Sometimes an election is just an electon.