No, really, what happened at the HoB meeting in New Orleans?

The Rev. Canon Kendall Harmon posted this note from The Rev. Nathaniel Pierce of Trappe, Maryland. It’s about divergent understandings of the the Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops meeting in New Orleans, posted at http://kendallharmon.net/t19:

Two 9/26/07 headlines:

“US Anglicans Reject Gay Bishops” [BBC news in London]

“Episcopal Bishops Reject Anglican Orders” [New York Times -- orders here does not refer to ordination, but rather to the "order" to reject gay Bishops]

Two headlines from respected news organizations on the same statement but with an absolutely different understanding of what the HoB said. Pause for a moment in reverent, holy awe. After more than four centuries of work, behold the perfect manifestation of Anglican fudge. We shall not see this again in our lifetime.

The other interesting quote comes from Newsweek magazine: “a shift to the middle so slight and nuanced it’s almost imperceptible.”