We all know that the Church of England recently decided to ordain women without sufficient provision for those who disagree.  This seems like the deathblow to the Anglo-Catholic movement within the Church of England.  This little reflection seeks to find the place of the ministry of women within common cause.  Very often within the leadership of the common cause we hear of the “two integrities” on the issue of women’s ordination.  It is stated rather than discussed.  Very few people doubt that a large percentage of the voting block in both the Church of England and TEC who supported this movement in the 1970’s & 1990’s were liberals. They based their decision on perceived issues of justice not scripture.  I am not arguing that all those who supported this move were liberal.  Many evangelicals, Bob Duncan included, are in support of the ministry of women.  My request is that common cause actually engage in a dialogue that was not possible in a church that did not have a common respect for scriptures.  This should be public.  The priests and bishops of the movement should be allowed to take the lead in this debate.   This should be done before any provincial structure is completed.  If we agree that it is possible to hold two different positions, this should be rooted in some theological agreement that goes beyond the obvious statement that there are two points of view.  It should explain why ordination is something about which we can disagree, but other issues are non-negotiable.  In other words it should give us some basis on deciding which issues must be held in common.  I am not sure what the outcome of this debate would be, but I think it would make many in the movement feel comfortable about the way common cause functions as a body.  If we cannot have a contentious conversation as a body with inevitable dissenters are we not hypocrites for criticizing Rowan for refusing to make difficult decisions about the homosexual crisis?  Do realize that as far as I can tell there is not one scriptural/historical argument in favor of women’s ordination on any website related to common cause? This includes the dioceses that ordain women.