Here's a roundup of some writing and reporting on the debate yesterday on issues related to the Windsor Report. ENS has a brief article about the aproval by the House of Deputies yesterday of a measure that would have the Episcopal Church regret "straining the bonds of affection"and the efforts to get the language lined up so that both bishops and deputies will approve it.
Canon Kendall Harmon has written an article for the web entitled "What Do Conservative Episcopalians Want?" in which he argues forcefully for the approval of resolutions that would comply wholly with the requests of the Windsor Report. He also adds that conservatives "are hurting, we are being caricatured and misrepresented, and in a church which claims the mantle of inclusion." Having read his blog, I can say that it works both ways. Perhaps in all these debates, we would do well to realize that most of us are acting in good faith, and that all of deserve to be treated with dignity.
The Rev'd Nick Knisely, deputy from Pennsylvania, raises an interesting contradiction in the current version of one of the resolutions. It says that we won't consecrate openly gay or lesbian bishops, and then there is an apology for the hurt this will bring to gay or lesbian people. Here is Nick's point:
Truth: We’re not really telling the truth here. We’re apologizing for something even as we do it. If we’re not sorry enough to stop, then we shouldn’t apologize. If we have to apologize for something in advance, then we shouldn’t do it.
This point was also made several times yesterday by representatives from the youth contingent in the House of Deputies. Nick has great notes on the debate among the deputies yesterday. Worth reading.
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