Loren,

There are times when even a journalist has to forget any pretense of whatever and just write the story that's on your heart. Thank you for doing that.

It is truly unfortunate that this situation over the ordination of women has escalated to the point of requiring the NAD leadership to resist when they are used to things being done in harmony. To borrow a line from back in my days working with a community anti-drug coalition, I think they need to "Just say NO!" If that doesn't settle the issue, they need to be willing to stop remitting any funds to the GC until the coercion is stopped. Then watch and see how quickly the coercion disappears when those African unions that get a portion of their operating funds from North America find their money stream getting reduced.