Reply #61: Well, I don't think it would or could cause TEC to move backwards

[JerseygirlCT]

in fact, it would be my hope that it would hasten UMC's move toward equality.

It doesn't mean a great deal, day to day. Just that clergy can preside in the other church, and that sort of thing. The folks in the pews don't see a lot of difference. (We always got on well with the ECLA churches in town, for instance. The official stuff hasn't changed that).

I do think it would end up helping the cause, not hurting it. And I do think TEC has made it's stand and there's no going back now. The schismatics will make their stink and join Akinola's church or some other entity that allows them to act holy and hate gay people and women, and life in the TEC will continue to move forward.

Hey, if we could take some UMC churches in that direction, that would be good, wouldn't it?