Repeal The Stamp Act!
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It would appear that the majority of people in the ECUSA (U.S. Episcopal Church), like our forefathers of the American Revolution defying the Stamp Act of 1765, prefer to thumb their noses at Mother England and the Windsor Report. Maybe that’s a slight over-dramatization of it, but it certainly doesn’t look like there’s much enthusiasm in the General Convention for apologizing about the consecration of Gene Robinson or the blessing of same-sex marriages, let alone reversing those actions. So I guess that means a schism of some sort is inevitable.
On the one hand, it’s kind of sad to face an imminent split within the Anglican Communion, but on the other hand, it’s hard to justify following the Three-Legged Stool of Anglicanism (ie. Scripture, Tradition, and Reason) when Mother England insists that we abandon the “Reason” aspect. If we only follow Scripture and Tradition, we’re left with stagnation. Then we’d be just like the Catholics! (Just kidding.)
P.S. I found this amusing cartoon about the Windsor Report which probably every Episcopalian but me has already seen: The Windsor Report.
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