My sympathy to all my friends in the Church of England, especially to women friends and women priest friends. Whenever the next opportunity to vote on women bishops comes around, the measure must be a single clause - the Church of England will ordain
women as bishops. Take it or leave it - no ifs, ands, or buts.
My dear English friends, perhaps now you can put behind you feelings of sympathy for those with tender consciences that can be appeased only by assigning others to a lower place. You may not wish to put so crass a name on such a practice, but I call it what it is - misogyny.
Blessings and peace.
UPDATE:
The Second Church Estates Commissioner Sir Tony Baldry:
There have been some suggestions in the press that
it is impossible for the Church of England or General Synod to return to
this issue until after a new General Synod has been elected in 2015.
That is not correct: the rules prevent the same Measure from being
reconsidered by the General Synod without a special procedure. It is
perfectly possible for a different and amended Measure to consecrate
women bishops to be considered by the General Synod. Although this is
for the Church of England to resolve, as the Prime Minister made clear
yesterday, I suspect that there will also be those in the Church of
England who will wish to consider whether the election process to the
General Synod is sufficiently representative, particularly of the laity
of the Church of England, as Tuesday’s vote clearly did not reflect the
overall and clear consensus of dioceses across England in support of
women bishops.
It is my earnest hope that during
the time I serve the Queen—whose appointment I am—this House and the
Church of England as Second Church Estates Commissioner it will prove
possible for me to bring before this House a Measure that will enable
women to be consecrated bishops in the Church of England.
Thanks to Erp for the link. I've heard various opinions about when a measure may be brought up again at General Synod, but Baldry's words seem to settle the matter.