Episcopal battles hit cyberspace
By Julia Duin
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
June 15, 2006

The battle of the blogs is in full swing at the Episcopal General Convention meeting in Columbus, Ohio.

Dozens of deputies, at least 11 bishops and a multitude of other hangers-on are using the Internet to slug it out over the same issues that the convention is considering through its conclusion Wednesday.

"It's a whole different game now," said a Canadian clergyman operating one of the sites. "It's 'The people's revolution hits the ground.' "

Local blogs include Daily Episcopalian (blogofdaniel.com), operated by Diocese of Washington spokesman Jim Naughton, and Baby Blue Online (babybluecafe.blogspot.com), written by Mary Ailes, a vestrywoman at Truro Episcopal Church in Fairfax.

The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia is maintaining centeraisle.net, which, although not a blog, posts daily commentaries, one of which jabs the Rev. Martyn Minns, Truro's rector, for calling on the Episcopal Church to "repent." the rest