Today’s thought from AmidaBuddha.org is worthy of further contemplation:

It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.
- T.H. Huxley

Via the New York Times, a fine article by
John. F. Burns:

LONDON — The governing body of the Anglican Church in Britain voted on Monday to approve the appointment of women as bishops, a step that appeared to risk a schism in the church in its historic homeland as the Anglican church worldwide faces one [...]