Well, the Anglican Covenant thingy continues to live a life of its own. How, I am not sure. It makes little or no sense. The covenant was born out of the desire by the Global South to punish the anyone in the "Anglican Communion" who transgresses. The idea of transgresses is one in which I do not know how to define it but "I know it when I see it" -- just ask the Primates, they would judge who is or is not transgressing. And pray tell, how is the actions of first the Global South and then the Archbishop of Canterbury different from say, Germany grabbing the Sudetenland in 1938? The Chancellor simply wanted to relieve the privations suffered by the German people at the hands of the Czechs. And this differs from the Global south wanting to relieve the privations of Anglicans in Nigeria and other places? And, the rest of the world giving in to them figuring that all they really wanted was to "relieve the privations". So let's all debate and discuss the Anglican Covenant in order to relieve the privations of certain Anglicans throughout the world? Are we absolutely sure appeasement is the answer? Or appeasement is even the question? Do you all believe that?
Those who continue to debate this question, for real or for imagine, strike me as helping load the boxcars. Surely no one knows what is at the end of the line, right? No one knows exactly how this Covenant thingy will play out? Could be good for all of us, right? Just like it could be good for the LGBT folks of the world, right? We know better, at least I think we do?! Why help load the boxcars when we know exactly what is at the other end of the rail line, especially for the LGBT community. How do we know this? Because the folks that took the Sudetenland told us so. Just ask Bobby Duncan or Mr. Orombi or Mr. Venables or old what's his face from Nigeria.
If the content of this post is pretty harsh it is only because the Anglican Covenant was conceived and born out of hatred. Is being pushed to suppress women and LGBT and others under the guise of Communion (appeasement) and the net result is a form of death to those who do not conform to the guidelines devised and administered by a bunch of ruthless Primates who wish nothing more than as much power as they can possibly muster in this world (and how is that different from 1938).
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