A "liberal" member of Synod explains his "no" vote on women bishops

Protections for conservatives were "insufficient"
ARTICLE | NOVEMBER 21, 2012 - 8:14AM | BY TOM SUTCLIFFE

My reasons for voting against the Women Bishops Measure

By Tom Sutcliffe

I voted for women priests in 1992 and I am in principle keen that we should have women bishops in the Church of England. But I voted against the Measure being proposed for final approval yesterday. I had two main reasons for voting no.

The Provision is not sufficient

It simply is not true that it made appropriate provisions for the two  minorities of less than a third of Church members who cannot accept the ordination or consecration of women as being consistent with their understanding of scripture and tradition. It may well be that traditionalist Anglo-Catholics could have lived awkwardly with the Measure as proposed had it got...[read the rest here]