Ruth Gledhill blogs:
The problem at the General Convention in Columbus, Ohio was that radical liberals felt that anything seen to be a step backwards in their embrace of the gay agenda would be to sacrifice gay and lesbians on the altar of the Anglican Communion. This they were not prepared to do, and from the perspective of standing up for what they believe in, it has to be conceded that this was commendable. But the consequences of this will be regrettable, as even the Americans are likely to admit. Bishop Jack Iker, leader of Fort Worth diocese, who has already appealed to the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Primates for alternative primation oversight, will be followed by a number of other dioceses. Parishes will seek alternative episcopal oversight if in disagreement with their diocesan bishop.
Some new administrative structure, free of the bounds of diocese, parish and province, will have to be found to retain even a semblance of unity in the Anglican world. The most likely structure to emerge will be a form of federation, with the Archbishop of Canterbury as the focus of unity. The strategy of leaders of the Anglican church at Columbus had been to engineer the moderate middle ground to be Windsor-compliant, marginalising the radical liberals and the orthodox, for the sake of unity.
This strategy failed.
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