"It is my hope that the church in America and the rest of the Anglican Communion will have the

"It is my hope that the church in America and the rest of the Anglican Communion will have the opportunity to consider this development before significant and irrevocable decisions are made in response."
Rowan Williams
Archbishop of Canterbury, on the Episcopal Church's confirmation of their first openly gay bishop.
"We call on all state leaders in the Democratic Party to stand united with the governor and stay off the recall ballot."
A resolution by AFL-CIO leaders
Who voted to oppose California's recall and urge elected Democrats not to run in the Oct. 7 election.