Reuters has reported that the Episcopal Convention has changed its direction from yesterday and agreed to "curb" consecration of gay bishops.
Andrew Sullivan quotes from the resolutions (which I have not found yet) as follows:
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, that the 75th General Convention receive and embrace The Windsor Report's invitation to engage in a process of healing and reconciliation; and be it further
Resolved, that this Convention therefore call upon Standing Committees and bishops with jurisdiction to exercise restraint by not consenting to the consecration of any candidate to the episcopate whose manner of life presents a challenge to the wider church and will lead to further strains on communion.
This is a rather stunning turn of events because, as I understand it, the same people who rejected a moratorium yesterday must have accepted it today.
As I said previously, the news trickles out of the Convention somewhat haphazardly, so I will withhold any more comment until I have seen more details of the resolution passed and the analysis of that resolution.
GP
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