Phrogge,
I'd agree.  I think there should be a place for both those priests committed to celibacy, and married priests.  Each will have gifts to bring to the church, and we could all benefit.  I'm saddened to see so many gifts rejected by church leadership.  I'm gonna guess that there's a much higher percentage of gays in the episcopacy than in society or the church in general.  Odd that they feel THEY can contribute and lead, while holding others at bay?  

The church has SO many who offer great wisdom, insight, experience and intuition.  Our gifts are amazing.  If the church is EVER to have even a chance at moving towards what I suspect Jesus may have had in mind, we're going to need ALL of those gifts, and will need to live as a true community, where we don't write people off because of their gender, their sexuality, their education, wealth, age, marital status...   But UNTIL all those voices are truly brought to bear, we're so much less than we could and should be.

Thank you.