Episcopal nominee at center of storm

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07069/768400-85.stm

[Pittsburg Post-Gazette] 10 Mar 2007--The combination of the Rev. Lawrence's conservative theology and a determined effort by church liberals to block his confirmation have caused Episcopalians to characterize the vote as a bellwether of where the 2.2 million-member church is headed.

"It has nothing to do with Rev. Lawrence," the Rev. J. Haden McCormick, president of the standing committee of the Diocese of South Carolina, said of the vote. "It has everything to do with the politics of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the meltdown in the Episcopal Church."