According to the news, some Episcopalians are still cheesed off by the ordination of a gay bishop five years ago. In fact, it's such an affront that they are petitioning to sever from the Episcopal Church and form a new denomination within the Anglican Communion. Heaven forbid that their religion be cheapened by acknowledging gays and lesbians as humans. (This from a group whose leaders are called primates... but I guess that's more an insult to monkeys and apes.) This is just one more reason why religion and spirituality are like chalk and cheese.
Happily, not all Episcopalians share this view.
Jim Naughton, canon for communications and advancement in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, and a liberal who frequently blogs on Anglican affairs, said he doubted that a rival Anglican province could grow much larger.
"I think this organization does not have much of a future because there are already a lot of churches in the United States for people who don't want to worship with gays and lesbians," he said. "That's not a market niche that is underserved."
And you wonder still why I don't go to church.