It was announced this week that three dioceses, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont bishops would assist each other's dioceses. Three bishops; Maine Bishop Thomas J. Brown, (a partnered homosexual) New Hampshire Bishop A. Robert Hirschfeld (straight white male) and Vermont Bishop Shannon MacVean-Brown (black and female), would cross diocesan borders to help each other out.

"If we really believe in the Anglican Church of Australia, we need to make sure that this is not fractured along these lines. And that those who want to bless same-sex unions or those who want to solemnize same-sex marriages, well then start your own church! Go off but don't change our church because we are grounded in the teaching of Scripture."

"We need to keep that unity of the Church based on that doctrine," he said.

Dobbs singled out Rowan Williams by name as a chief offender on this issue, declaring, "there are real wars taking place today in the realm of ideas attempting to control idea-shaping institutions, congregations, seminaries and denominations -- and biblical truth--a prize far more precious than any army has ever contended for--is at stake."

There is profound irony that in affirming abortion, TEC cuts itself off from any hopes of filling pews with future generations of potential Episcopalians.

The U.S. Supreme Court leak, which is under investigation, written by Justice Samuel Alito seemed to prepare for a mostly conservative court to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.