Matt Kennedy has been liveblogging various events at General Convention. Here's an excerpt from his notes at a press conference with Integrity president Rev. Susan Russell and Bishop Gene Robinson:
Houston Chronicle: The WR called for waiting until an international consensus [about gay bishops, same-sex unions, etc.] emerges. I am hearing a bit of impatience. Are you willing to wait?
Susan: If we waited for consensus I would not be standing here with a collar around my neck. Consensus can mean sacrificing comprehensiveness. How can we balance autonomy and interdependence? Some see these as either or, we as Anglicans hold these in tension. At the end of the day if there is a split the responsibility lays at the feet of those threatening to leave, not those who threaten to stay.
AAC: You used the name Jesus. Are you convinced that those who oppose you on this issue are not following the same Jesus you are?
VGR: DIRECT QUOTE, “Jesus is the homosexual agenda in ECUSA. I believe that with my whole heart.” (wow)
I would never accuse anyone of that. I believe ++Akinola is following his journey to God as faithfully as he can. So am I. I think this AC of ours is large enough to hold us together. God will sort this out ion God’s time. Peter and I need to keep receiving Communion together and we will figure this out. Perhaps I’m wrong. Perhaps he’s wrong. But the last thing I would say is that he is faithless.
(Emphasis added.) The last emphasized part is something we hear too seldom from the traditionalist side of the house.
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