Episcopal bishops to mull Anglican protest on gays
U.S. church leaders to talk over ultimatum in Texas
By James Dowd
March 15, 2007

The Episcopal Church has been put on notice by the worldwide Anglican Communion -- restrict the role of non-celibate gays or else -- but American bishops aren't likely to resolve the issue at their national meeting that starts Friday.

"I hope we're not at an either/or place, but we have to get clearer about our identity as a body of Christians bearing witness to God's love," Bishop Don Johnson of the Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee said before he left Memphis.

Bishops from the nation's 111 dioceses will gather in Texas for a four-day meeting to discuss global concerns about the U.S. church's policies on sexuality. the rest