WR resolutions progressing through both Houses

Today both bishops and deputies took up the legislation that gets to the heart of the Windsor Report response. Nothing has passed both houses yet. Debate in the deputies was, while I listened, civil but sharply contrasting.

It's still too hard to guess exactly how things will end up. Based on my reading of the current state of the resolutions, and what I hear from deputies/bishops, here are some safe guesses:

• we'll indicate regret for breaching (or straining) the bonds of affection within the Anglican communion by our actions in 2003
  
• we'll basically promise not to elect/consecrate openly gay or lesbian bishops for a while
• we'll make sure that gay and lesbian voices are heard in all this
• we'll clarify the provision of Delegated Episcopal Pastoral oversight
• we'll apologize to gay and lesbian people for the hardships they've suffered in the church

Of course, the language will be subtle, and nuances of meaning are everything here. Whatever we do, I predict that it will be a compromise position that will be somewhat satisfactory and somewhat frustrating for those on the edges of the conversation -- at all ends.

As things are approved, I'll post here. When I see good media reporting of the subtle world of this legislation, I'll post that too.