Herein lies a problem

From the NYT report on the Church of England's vote on the 'Anglican Covenant':

'Bishop Michael Perham of Gloucester also had reservations, but said he was voting in favor partly out of loyalty to Williams.'

So in being loyal to Archbishop Williams, these bishops (I figure white and, of course, male because the CoE won't allow women to be bishops yet) are going to chuck aside all notion of Anglican compromise, the Via Media, which has worked well for five centuries. As we know, the GAFCON (just typed GAGCON which is not too far off the mark) crowd has already rejected the 'covenant.'

Frankly, if The Episcopal Church is shunted off to a second-tier status, we may be more free — free to proclaim the gospel of radical hospitality that Jesus proclaimed, not a narrow, literalistic and legalistic reading of the biblical narrative. The relationships around the globe that many of us have established with other provinces of the Anglican Communion will continue. And, at this point, if the ACNA-ites become the Anglican presence in the United States, TEC might still be able to thrive as it continues to be honest about who it is.

Not too clear but this whole covenant process has been a frustration because the cards were stacked against us from the get-go. Why should we be at all surprised that the CoE has voted as it did?