text: Duh - a group of clerics and theologians??  Yep - but you need to start somewhere.  Why make the perfect the enemy of the good.
  Let's see - comments to date from folks who did not even attend this event and so base their nonsense on second or third hand reports - talk about fake news.  Yes, we all know about listening to women, to families, to lay, oh - and there were participants not just clerics/theologians, etc.  Guess what - if you had been at the event, you would have seen some of that going on.
  But, give me a break - they started with the ongoing bishop vs. theologian polarization - btw, theological speakers included male/female - some of whom are married with families. This is a FIRST step - so, your nitpicking wastes time and effort - let's talk substantial questions, issues, etc.  Start with the family - thank you Lisa (btw, she is a female theologian).