Wow! Tell us what you really think.

Times must be hard for the liberal Episcopalianism. They've spent the last thirty or so years demonizing their "conservative" opponents. They've justified their take no prisoner approach on the grounds that (a) their opponents were hateful bigots and (b) they were the ones opening up their church to the disenfranchised.

But, then, they find out that some folks really don't think that it is a good idea to jettison traditional Christian doctrine in favor of the multicultural secular playbook.

The result is stuff like this:

But the largest adjustments are coming on the religious left. For decades it has preached multiculturalism, but now, on further acquaintance, it doesn't seem to like other cultures very much. Episcopal leaders complain of the threat of "foreign prelates," echoing anti-Catholic rhetoric of the 19th century. An activist at one Episcopal meeting urged the African bishops to "go back to the jungle where you came from." Not since Victorians hunted tigers on elephants has the condescension been this raw.

Jeepers.

This was precious:

This month, Archbishop Peter Akinola, shepherd of 18 million fervent Nigerian Anglicans, reached the end of his patience and installed a missionary bishop to America. The installation ceremony included boisterous hymns and Africans dressed in bright robes dancing before the altar -- an Anglican worship style more common in Kampala, Uganda, than in Woodbridge.

The American presiding bishop, Katharine Jefferts Schori, condemned this poaching of souls on her turf as a violation of the "ancient customs of the church." To which the archbishop replied, in essence: Since when have you American liberals given a fig about the ancient customs of the church?

[Via Mark Shea.]