Monte in this article reminds us that the application of GC Working Policy has always required local judgement.

So why not live and let live in this present dispute?

After the vote regarding WO in Utrecht, a high church official (now retired) predicted to me what would force the GC to confront this question, rather than simply "kicking the can down the road".  He predicted that matters would come to a head, when some local conference elected a woman as President.  And he was right.

This was a provocation that the Old Men's Club at the center of power, could not ignore.  Why?  Because it challenged their own cherished personal "male prerogatives".  So they responded by Ostracicising Sandra Roberts.  It didn't work.

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