Good morning, Bishop Mary.
The Church of England Synod has voted for the ordination of female bishops and against the demands of traditionalists for "super-bishops" to minister to those who refuse to accept female bishops.
My reason for mentioning this purely-Anglican matter is to point out the position of the humorously-titled "Right Reverend" John Broadhurst, Bishop of Fulham, who is quoted in the article as saying:
"I think a lot of us have made it quite clear if there isn't proper provision for us to live in dignity, inevitably we're driven out. It's not a case of walking away."
Yes, Reverend, it is a case of walking away. It is a case of choosing to hold to discrimination in the name of tradition, of your own privilege, literally one you hold in this particular instance, over inclusiveness and progress. You prefer to see your Church continue down the path to moribund irrelevancy in the modern world, claiming a doctrinal position that failed in the face of the ordination of women as priests at all.
When your dignity requires another to live without dignity, then no one has dignity at all.
My reason for mentioning this purely-Anglican matter is to point out the position of the humorously-titled "Right Reverend" John Broadhurst, Bishop of Fulham, who is quoted in the article as saying:
"I think a lot of us have made it quite clear if there isn't proper provision for us to live in dignity, inevitably we're driven out. It's not a case of walking away."
Yes, Reverend, it is a case of walking away. It is a case of choosing to hold to discrimination in the name of tradition, of your own privilege, literally one you hold in this particular instance, over inclusiveness and progress. You prefer to see your Church continue down the path to moribund irrelevancy in the modern world, claiming a doctrinal position that failed in the face of the ordination of women as priests at all.
When your dignity requires another to live without dignity, then no one has dignity at all.