R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Y’know, if there are folks who have theological disagreements with me, and with my church and religion and denomination, I’m okay with that. I certainly don’t have the hubris to believe I have an exclusive on the Truth, and that I have all the answers to all the questions.

That said, I expect a certain amount of courtesy and respect and propriety — and, being Anglican, such would seem to be the appropriate way to deal with each other in such disputes. Which is why the following irks me to no end:

Does Williams not understand that tens of thousands of Episcopalians and dozens of churches are fleeing The Episcopal Church because Mrs. Katharine Jefferts Schori preaches “another Gospel” (Gal. 1:8)

Whilst most of the press over the current schism within the Anglican Communion has focused on the whole nassssssty gay stuff, the fact of the matter is that a huge part of it is the refusal by many on the conservative/”orthodox” side to accept women in clerical roles — as priests, let alone bishops. Which is demonstrated, time and again, by insistent and intentional (and insulting) references to the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church as Mrs. Katharine Jefferts Schori, as opposed to Bishop Jefferts Schori, or even Reverend Jefferts Schori.

This isn’t about 2003. It’s about 1976.

I just wish they’d be honest about it.