Ramifications of such a vote should stretch far and wide. On our way into work this morning my fiance and I were talking about the ramifications of this decision on several fronts. What will the ripple effect dlo to the same sex marriage laws in different states? Or to the church itself? I always thought of the Anglican ministry as a decently open ecclesiastical entity, but what if any political ramifcations could this have on say gay rights legislation? Personally I am completely open to the idea and welcome it in fact. Coming from an RC background I am marrying into an Anglican family. Devout in many of their traditional views, my fiance seems to think there will be a whiplash effect if the man is voted in as a Bishop. Whiplash from the Traditionalist Episcopal comunity. I’m not so sure. I think that if he was allowed to be a priest, stopping him from being a bishop would be foolish.
Yes, of course, they’re going to do it, if they’ve gone this far already.
The Episcopal ordaining of women as priests and bishops didn’t cause a schism, despite the same dire predictions of one, did it? Seems to me the denomination’s social position and leadership ability became more secure, not less, because of it.
This step seems much less ambitious than that, more like a recognition of reality than an overturning of a point of basic doctrine.