Following the lead of Jesus, the catechism in the Book of Common Prayer directs one to the summary of the law. Those who seek "realignment" wish to raise one kind of sin above others when the definition of what are sins is not agreed upon in Anglican tradition. Official church documents about the core beliefs of the church do not address sexuality.

Such an attitude is confirmed by the Anglican luminary and Christian apologist C. S. Lewis, a favorite in all factions of the church, where in Mere Christianity he states: "Finally, though I have had to speak at some length about sex, I want to make it as clear as I possibly can that the center of Christian morality is not here. If anyone thinks that Christians regard unchastity as the supreme vice, he is quite wrong. The sins of the flesh are bad, but they are the least bad of all sins."

Isn't it ironic that sex should be the reason for a split. No group will yell: "We are not in communion with you because you were largely silent in the Enron scandal." "You did not even decry the loss of retirement by widows and the poor." "You did not object as people were defrauded by excessive, artificially created electric bills." "We insist on alternate oversight by a bishop concerned with the issues Jesus was concerned about."

The Elizabethan Divine and foundational theologian of Anglicanism, Richard Hooker, attested to clear standards of the Bible.

His hermeneutic called us to understand Scripture in the light of tradition and reason. And he cautioned us not to read more into Scripture than it can have lest it be less reverently esteemed.

"Moreover, he is quite comfortable with The Law of Reason, written into our human flesh, functioning very highly in the arena of knowing between good and evil," argues The Rev. Michael Russell in his discussion on Hooker.

Hooker considered the 10 Commandments to be in the category of moral law; all the rest in the Torah he considered ceremonial or judicial - laws to which Christians are no longer bound except insofar as our capacity to Reason leads us to believe that they would be for the good.

While the catechism directs us to the summary of the law, the 1928 Book of Common Prayer recommended the Ten Commandments as a guide for living.

Richard Hooker assured us that the foundation of faith, that which is necessary for salvation, is the simple affirmation that Jesus is Lord.