These "degendered" Scriptures were produced for the liberal Roman Catholic Priests for Equality. The revisers say that "most scriptures read in worship services are still grossly sexist," and "the continued self-destructiveness of an all-male clergy" only worsens matters.

They don't appear to like the Bible all that much.

Asked if the conservative provincial leaders are united as they prepare for their meeting in Northern Ireland, Archbishop Gomez said, "I think we are united in the sense that we maintain our position. We will be calling for the adoption of the Windsor Report and asking for compliance."

And he warned that U.S. Episcopal Church's non-compliance and "delaying tactics" on the homosexual matter "cannot go on indefinitely."

This consecration proceeded despite the assurance given by primates in October 2003 that no such action would be taken. Bishop Griswold is on record as saying that he 'regrets the consequences of the actions in other parts of the world but he does not regret the action itself.' That is like saying you regret that someone died because you pulled the trigger of a gun but you do not regret pulling the trigger itself. There seems to be a clear contradiction in his statement.

Many denominations have long had rules that prevent dissenting congregations from leaving the parent church and taking their land, buildings and other property with them. Since 1979, the U.S. Supreme Court and numerous other courts have upheld those rules in all but a few exceptional circumstances.