In the face of continued attacks from a hardcore minority opposed to women and gays in the churches' ministry, the Episcopal Church in the USA has launched a national advertising campaign about its key beliefs and practices.

There has been a decidedly mixed initial response to the attempt of the Episcopal Church in the USA to reach a compromise over the issue of lesbian and gay blessings and ordinations, with some media commentators hailing it as a refusal to give in and others seeing it as a cave-in.