In the aftermath of the aftermath: Checking out the Debates on Thinking Anglicans, I saw that the motion had failed by a majority of 6 votes only. That reminded me of the recent primary for the presidency of the UMP, France's conservative party, where the winner won by only 98 votes out of well over 100,000. Such results are always contested, ( Read more... )

In the aftermath of the Revolting Laity in the Church of England's Synod -- who have just, by a narrowish margin, turned down the suggestion that women priests should be eligible to become bishops -- I make bold to republish a post I put up nearly two years ago which, in the course of a longer argument, suggests a suitable Anglican response to the ( Read more... )