http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2007/062007/06012007/287373
[The Free Lance-Star] 1 June 2007--In "Missionaries to America?" [May 17], Michael J. McManus asks, "Why would the United States need a missionary bishop?" The answer is: it doesn't. Mr. McManus claims outnumbered orthodox Episcopalians must reach out to Anglicans in the Global South for "safe haven." There's the flaw. They don't need to reach out for what they already possess.
According to historical Anglican tradition, the Episcopal Church, like America itself, welcomes diverse points of view within a broader set of canons. The problem for Mr. McManus' orthodox is that they constitute a minority that is frustrated they can't impose one viewpoint upon the entire church.
Their strategy is to claim a majority within an international Anglican Communion, but that association carries no binding authority over the Episcopal Church in America.
If individuals feel they want to attend a church with a narrower theological doctrine, they are free to exercise that choice. There are no provisions, however, for whole entities like dioceses or parishes to leave. There isn't a diocese or parish in the U.S. where everyone wants to secede.
A characteristic liberal Episcopal misrepresentation of the Anglican tradition.
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