Rowan's Woes

Well, I think things have finally come to a head for Rowan and the Episcopalian Church (TEC), the Anglican presence in North America, with the election of Mary Glasspool to the position of Assistant Bishop in Los Angeles. Not because she's a woman, although this will have many of my colleagues in Forward in Faith (FiF) gnashing their teeth and talking about swimming the Tiber with increasing fervour and will cause my Reform mates to look for a book to throw on the fire and a prooftext to hang in their window!

She's a Lesbian! Now before anyone wants to send me photo's of what they do or enter into reams of condemnation about homosexuals, I know what they do and even though I can't find Lesbia on the World Map in my study I do know where they come from!

In 2004 the Archbishop of Canterbury (ABC) issued a plea for 'restraint' and this appears to have been, like the 'dialogue' a very one-sided affair. With the dialogue, one side spoke whilst the other definitely weren't listening and yet Rowan cried, "Peace, Peace," whilst there was obviously no peace. With the restraint - well, it doesn't take the brain of Britain to realise that there isn't any and that this must surely be the final straw and the camel's back is now well and truly broken.

As for the Anglican Communion, whatever this is, I can't see how such a broad church can continue to appear under the same label (unless of course it contains the warning "Danger, contains nuts!"). Rowan has been trying to buy time and now, with the election of Ms Glasspool, the sands have surely all run out and the dark figure with the scythe must now be acknowledged and given his part to play. Undoubtedly the ABC will perform another of his 'Simply Die Dancing' moves and point to the fact that the Fifteenth of may is a long way off and Ms Glasspool might not be confirmed in her new position and that restraint and dialogue are still the order of the day.

Two choices Rowan me old mate - ACT NOW or PACK YOUR BAGS - the game is up and like a Whitehall farce you are caught apparently sans trousers, authority or a clue and we need someone with something now to draw our church membership together and get them rallying to the Cross and obeying His word.

The time for restraint is past - now is the time for leadership and action.