Good riddance

Readers will know that I was raised in the old-school Episcopal Church and am very troubled at where the Church is today. They used to have a moral backbone and now, they have a mindless tropism for acceptance and tolerance. In fact, there are some things out there that should not be accepted or tolerated. It's OK to say NO at times. The head of the Episcopal Church is the Archbishop of Canterbury and this office is currently held by Rowan Williams, a soft-minded twit of epic proportions. (here, here, here, here, here, here and here) Anyway, we have great news from Charles C. W. Cooke writing at National Review:

The Turbulent Priest
Once described as the �Conservative party at prayer,� the Church of England has taken a decidedly leftward turn in the last century, prompting the Earl of Onslow�s immortal observation that �one hundred years ago, the Church was in favor of fox hunting and against buggery. Now it is in favor of buggery and against fox hunting.� In the vanguard of its continuing drift was Rowan Williams, a self-described �bearded lefty� and terminal casuist who has also happened to be the Archbishop of Canterbury for the last nine years, and thus effectively second only to Queen Elizabeth II in the spiritual hierarchy.

Among other things, Williams became infamous for a steadfast refusal to acknowledge the virtues of his own country � and his own church, for that matter. It is thus no loss to either Britain or the Anglican Church that Williams announced on Friday that he will be resigning his office, effective December 2012, and I must respectfully disagree with John O�Sullivan�s more flattering portrayal of Williams, and set the ball rolling on the �great many less flattering things� that O�Sullivan correctly predicted �will be said about him in the next few months.�

The nadir of the archbishop�s dubious work was a remarkable February 2008 interview with the BBC, during which he baldly suggested that the rule of law might not be such a good idea after all. This was neatly coupled with a call for the adoption of certain aspects of sharia law in Britain � an eventuality he claimed was �unavoidable.� �An approach to law which simply said, there�s one law for everybody,� said Williams, �I think that�s a bit of a danger.� This is the symbolic head of a church with 80 million worldwide adherents, publicly stating that the principle that the old-fashioned among us consider to be the bedrock of civilization is outmoded in the 21st century.

Emphasis mine. Thank God! The poor idiot should have stayed in academia although I feel sorry for his future students...