Anglican 'civil war' possible, says author

"And if they get their way," he cautioned, " the church you know and love will not be the same." While homosexuality is a deep concern to evangelical conservatives on a biblical basis it is also what "some will acknowledge when you talk to them, the representing issue," he said "They've identified it over the last 15 or 20 years as the issue on which they can unite their constituency." The election and endorsement of another gay bishop in ECUSA could be the tipping point. It would indicate, Mr. [Stephen Bates] said, that the ECUSA "was heading for the Anglican Communion's exit door and saying 'we want to go our own way.'"