If you want an idea why ECUSA Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold gets so little respect, why the Archbishop of Nigeria won’t even be in the same room with him, read his latest statement opposing a Constitutional amendment restricting marriage to between one man and one woman. You can find it with some commentary here and here.

Griswold’s statement reminds me of the sort of hypocritical oh-so-nice-sounding doublespeak that comes from my former denomination. Do you have to learn to lie write statements this way to become a leader in a U.S. mainline denomination?