ACKERMAN: No, not at all. Just a clarification, David, the Personal Ordinariate is not in the form of the Apostolic Constitution, but rather is provided for as a general normative structure for those Anglican faithful who desire to enter into the full communion of the Roman Catholic Church in a corporate manner.

Yes, there have been several small groups of fundamentalists who have raged against homosexuality, but they do not speak for the vast majority of evangelicals who are not remotely homophobic. I am Evangelical albeit Episcopalian/Anglican and proud of the fact. Furthermore, the vast majority of evangelicals make a clear and biblical distinction between homosexual behavior and homosexual persons.

The ACA came into being more than 20 years ago as a merger of The American Episcopal Church (AEC) and about half of the Anglican Catholic Church (ACC). The ACA has decided they will not accept the ordinariate offered by Pope Benedict XVI at this time and will stay as an orthodox Anglican body in the US. The ACA is not recognized by the Anglican Communion or the Episcopal Church nor is it recognized by the newly formed Anglican Church in North America (ACNA).

Upon seeing those 15 empty chairs on a daily basis, the US Presiding Bishop commented, "Well, the reality is that conversations can be difficult with anyone. If we are not willing to continue in conversation there's not much opportunity for healing or reconciling. We need to come to the table. And I certainly hope and pray that my brothers (bishops) who stayed away can find it in their hearts at some point to come back to the table."