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Conservatives form rival group to Episcopal Church (AP)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081204/ap_on_re/rel_episcopal_split"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081109/capt.20b992169ea44517bae62f99391e49ed.gay_marriage_marches_cagr101.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=_Nz1qHUr6nuuDfcC6lTFqg--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Rev. Edwin Bacon, of All Saints Episcopal Church, delivers a sermon in support of same sex marriages Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008, in Pasadena, Calif. Demonstrations on Saturday to protest passage of an anti-gay marriage ballot initiative were the largest of several marches that followed Tuesday's passage of Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages and overturning the state Supreme Court decision that legalized such unions in May. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)" border="0" /></a>AP - Theological conservatives upset by liberal views of U.S. Episcopalians and Canadian Anglicans formed a rival North American province Wednesday, in a long-developing rift over the Bible that erupted when Episcopalians consecrated the first openly gay bishop.</p><br clear="all"/>