Before Iran, Igrovel.

Nothing surprises me anymore when it comes to The Episcopal Church (tm). Case in point:

Iranian raving madmen President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took a break from his busy schedule of building nuclear weapons, eliminating Jews, killing American soldiers, hanging gays, executing anyone not a Muslim anymore, and preparing for the second coming of Snow Veil and the Seven Imams, to lecture the UN this week on the merits of..... building nuclear weapons, eliminating Jews, killing American soldiers, hanging gays, executing anyone not a Muslim anymore, and preparing for the second coming of Snow Veil and the Seven Imams.

And the Iranian nutjob President is hanging around Manhattan for a bit, which gave a group of religious leaders and other "peace" groups the chance for some Lefty street cred opportunity to host a dinner in New York for the Iranian President:

The dinner, billed as an international dialogue, was sponsored by a collection of pacifist religious organizations including Quaker and Mennonite groups. The broad coalition of protesters outside said the event lended legitimacy to a dictator who supports terrorism and denies the Holocaust.

And who was one of those "pacifist religious organizations" that would host the utter antithesis of secular, Western pluralism? Why, The Episcopal Church (tm), of course:

Representatives from a broad range of Christian ecumenical organizations, including the Episcopal Church, plan to attend the dinner.

"Meeting with people does not mean you agree with them," said Maureen Shea, director of the Episcopal Church's Office of Government Relations in Washington. "The more there is inflammatory language going back and forth, the more we feel there needs to be a way for our two countries to communicate."

So.... The Episcopal Church (tm) will agree to sit at the table with someone who says that God wants America destroyed; but will refuse to sit at the table with someone who says that God wants us to keep His Word.

Remind me again why I'm still an Episcopalian?