It seems the Worldwide Anglican Communion (Episcopal in the US) is becoming more intolerant and traditional by the day. When the invitations from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, went out for their every-ten-year Lambeth Conference, he neglected to invite the two openly gay American bishops, according to the BBC. I suppose Gene Robinson and Martyn Minns are excluded because they are different from the very tradition that the conservative bishops want to "protect." It is a good thing for them that this did not stop Henry VIII from starting the denomination itself, simply because he did not want to hold to the old traditions imposed by formerly Catholic England. Strange, that such power struggles sometimes seems so far away, especially when those who are religious decide who God likes more than others and therefore who has more of a right to having and using his or her voice. Nothing like being silenced by not being invited to participate.

Perhaps what comes around, goes around? More accurately, how soon we forget our history.