Primates suspend Episcopal Church from full participation in the Anglican Communion
I appreciate that many in the United States will see this as a rebuke to gay rights, and it is, but after speaking with some overseas colleagues, it is meant to be more of a rebuke to the Episcopal Church's tendency of the last decade or so to promote, and brutally enforce through both canon and common law, a monolithic view concerning social issues. Whereas that is normal operating procedure in the Church, it's viewed as distasteful in other portions of the Anglican Communion.
Interestingly, it might mean that the Episcopal Church of the United States will not be able to vote against the inclusion of the Anglican Church of North American into the Anglican Communion. As the ACNA is actually growing, and of a distinctly different spiritual verve, we may see the future forming before our eyes.
[A tip of the hat to The Rev. George Conger, Episcopal priest and journalist, who broke this story and beat all of the wire services, cable and network news, and print media. Oh, and some of our diocesan folks didn't even know about it until they were informed by The Coracle. Thanks, George.]