This is a good article from the LA Time on the ramifications of the Episcopal Church's decision to ordain an openly practicing gay bishop; Episcopal Church Plays Russian Roulette on the Gay Issue.

Two good quotes from this article:

"He recalls: "I had someone there say to me, 'If you don't believe in the Bible, why did you bring it to us?'"

"There are all kinds of empty churches that tried to attract people to attend for nonreligious reasons," says Rodney Stark, University of Washington sociologist of religion. "People go to a church for religion, and if it's not religion that's being offered, they go to other places."