Episcopalian Split Continues

The Episcopalians took another step towards the total collapse of the denomination:

Episcopal clergy and lay delegates Tuesday rejected a demand from fellow Anglicans that they temporarily stop electing gay bishops, leaving little chance the proposal could be revived at a national church meeting.

Anglican leaders, angered by the 2003 consecration of an openly gay Episcopal bishop, had asked the Episcopalians pass a moratorium — at least for now — on homosexuals leading dioceses.

But in a complex balloting system, a majority of the Episcopal House of Deputies voted against the measure, which church leaders had seen as critical to keeping the embattled Anglican Communion together.

At almost the same time, the Presbyterians seem to be in a race to self-destruct along with the Episcopalians:

The critical debate in the Episcopal Church came on a day when another American Protestant denomination, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), coincidentally planned to decide on whether to allow leeway on the ordination of gay clergy and lay elders and deacons.

Two great denominations are coming apart at the seams thanks to the liberal members of their leadership. I doubt if the laymen of each denomination are as lefty as the leaders, and that's going to result in more churches spinning off to other alliances or going independent.