Fallout from the C of E’s rejection of female bishops  Philip M.
writes from England:  Listening to the coverage over the narrow
vote against women bishops in the Church of England I noticed so
many themes discussed at VFR, and so many points of contention
to someone with traditionalist views, it is hard to know where
to begin.  For instance, whilst listening to a “debate” on BBC
radio between a female canon and a leading female evangelical
who was supposed to be arguing against the concept of women
bishops, I was struck by how typical of modern conservatives was
the evangelical’s attitude of supplication and guilt towards the
stridently feminist canon. She told her at one point, “I don’t
want you to think this has been an easy decision for me. I have
struggled with this issue for many years.” This seems to suggest
that she herself thinks that there should be female bishops,
that God is wrong and that equality is correct, and that if she
could only find a loophole which would allow her to believe
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