friday, I thought the CofE had moved on women bishops and is closer to agreement on the issue? Do you think it's still as bad as when the last vote was lost?
Well, let's consider the sort of people the General Synod of the C of E has in it today. Who's out there preaching fire and brimstone to encourage countries which still criminalise homosexuality to keep it that way? Step forward, Andrea Minichiello Williams, founder of Christian Concern and member of synod for the Diocese of Chichester, who said this week that "They hate the line of homosexuality being linked to pedophilia. They try to cut that off, so you can’t speak about it, So I say to you in Jamaica: Speak about it. Speak about it.” See here for the grim details.
That deafening silence you can hear is other members of the General Synod of the Church of England being absolutely supine about this issue, especially as GAFCON have issued a similarly fire and brimstone response to Pilling. The CofE's synod is a bunch of homophobic bigots and people who are relaxed about homophobia, so they'll continue to be silent about this sort of shit for fear of upsetting Africa.
The CofE claims to be "moving forward" on women bishops. It "moves forward" by doing fuck all while promising reform one day. Instead of kicking up a fuss about the cranky behaviour of a few obnoxious headbangers renting rooms in universities (who, to reiterate, I think are obnoxious nutters) Cameron could threaten to have nothing to do with the CofE until it sorted out its position on equal marriage and equal appointment to the house of bishops. But he'd prefer to put the boot in on a handful of fringe nutters who don't matter, rather than deal with institutional sexism and homophobia in the established church.