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Why did some Anglican traditionalists form the Anglican Church in North America in 2009?

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Anglicanism The stately Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, England. The cathedral is the seat of the archbishop of Canterbury, the mother church of the Church of England and the worldwide Anglican Communion, and part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) was formed in 2009 by theological traditionalists who seceded from the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada.

The formation of the ACNA was driven by long-standing disputes regarding liberalizing trends within North American Anglicanism, specifically concerning the ordination of women and homosexuals, as well as the blessing of same-sex unions. Tensions intensified significantly following the 2003 election of V. Gene Robinson, an openly gay man, as the bishop of New Hampshire.12

In response, conservative groups formed the Common Cause Partnership to provide a unified theological defense of traditional orthodoxy. These groups sought to uphold the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion and emphasized the need for discipline within the church. By 2008, several dioceses and individual parishes had left their respective national provinces, culminating in the formal establishment of the ACNA in June 2009 to maintain what they defined as an orthodox Anglican identity.132