It's probably worth keeping in mind that the Girl Scouts and the UUA have not parted ways, mostly because the Girl Scouts accept homosexuals and atheists.
Yes, he seems to think that people saying nasty things about him is equivilent to sexual abuse, but he says nasty things, too. So is he an abuser? :shrug:
I think conduct needs to be more than words to rise to the level of abuse. Most people have had nasty rumours spread about them at some...
It's interesting to note that James started this thread actually concerned about what Drennan had done and open to EA's concerns, and that fifteen minutes of reading EA's hysteria convinced James that EA was a nut.
That must happen to EA constantly, but I'm sure he always assumes that UUs were...
He has responded on his own blog, sort of, though it looks like he can't handle actually examining criticism, he just deflects it to be about the church. It's sad because even by his admission kicking him out was a process that took years, and I don't doubt that there was lots of heartache...