Episcopal madness
Hans Zeiger
Posted: June 8, 2006

As the debate over gay marriage makes its temporary recession from the floor of the U.S. Senate, the debate will reappear on the floor of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church, scheduled to begin June 13. The Episcopal Church first called on the government to institute civil unions at its convention in 1994, and in 2003 the church ordained its first openly homosexual bishop, the Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson.

The outcome of the 2003 convention has neither been good for the Episcopal Church in its relations to laymen nor in its relation to the larger Anglican communion in the world. Conventions are held every three years, and next week's gathering promises to be full of chaos. It is more likely, from the way things have been going, that the Episcopal Church next week will have its funeral than its renewal. the rest