"2. What's at stake here isn't just women's ordination, but church authority."

This is true, but WO is the issue that forced how church authority is delegated and administrated.

Those who want their way, attack properly ordained authority so they can "ram rod" their agenda on the church and claim this is their right.

But in fact, it is a mote point by now and no one will bring the church back to the bible and God's ordained system of government on every level and male headship.

If women qualify to be church elders, then there is no limit to the level of authority they can hold. She they qualify for church pastors, conference presidents and even the GC president.

It is every position, or no position. All or none. To try to pretend otherwise is simply inane and irrational. And this is why they can never go back, or, stop the ongoing process of going forward.

The liberals won, hands down. No contest. Conservatives.....give it up, you lose.