The unassuming, now-celibate gay Anglican bishop has withdrawn his acceptance of his position, avoiding a looming schism in the Church of England. It’s hard to know how to interpret this. Both the Anglicans and the Catholics,in the next few years, will have to deal with how many Western Christians feel about the dignity of gay people, while seeing their ranks boom among intermittently polygamous but rampantly homophobic Africans. It’s an irresolvable conflict. My prediction: eventual Anglican schism.
NEW IRANIAN CURRENCY? An intriguing possibility.
The Dish 