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 | | He says he was called by God to be a bishop. | | | In a practice dating back to the apostles, the bishops laid their hands on Robinson, officially blessing him as a bishop. | | | But some churches in America, including the Church of the Redeemer in Robinson's own backyard, reject his consecration and are preparing to split from the Episcopal church. |
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| | CNN.com - Episcopal Church consecrates openly gay bishop - Nov. 3, 2003 |
| | The appointment of an openly gay bishop sparks debate in the Anglican church. | | | Assistant Bishop David Bena of Albany, New York, spoke for 36 opposing bishops in the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada, according to The Associated Press. | | | Robinson's selection to be bishop set off anger among church conservatives, who believe that gay and lesbian relationships violate Christian teaching. |
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| | The U.S. bishop at the heart of a global Anglican maelstrom over homosexuality says he fears he'll be the first and last openly gay priest appointed for a while to his church's hierarchy as a result of an international commission's report on future Anglican unity. | | | He has cut relations with the Episcopal Church and Bishop Ingham's diocese and predicted "the end of the road" for the world church -- which is why the Eames commission was created: to try to keep together a multicultural church with differing values and biblical interpretations. | | | In Vancouver, Bishop Ingham pointed out that the commission carefully did not recommend he rescind authorization of same-sex blessings, merely that he express regret -- which he did this week -- for authorizing them out of step with the world church. |
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| | Gay Bishop Wins in Episcopal Vote; Split Threatened |
| | Bishop Duncan, one of a group of church leaders who had fought Bishop-elect Robinson's approval for weeks, said he and his colleagues would call on the top leaders of the Anglican Communion, the 38 primates around the world, to intervene in the "pastoral emergency that has overtaken" the church. | | | Moments later, more than 12 conservative bishops, their faces grim, marched slowly to the front of the House of Bishops to denounce the decision as an affront to church teaching that would split the denomination in two. | | | Bishop Scruton, of the Diocese of Western Massachusetts, said he had interviewed David A. Lewis, a church member in Manchester, Vt., who sent an e-mail message to bishops on Sunday night that accused Bishop-elect Robinson of harassment in November 1999 at a church conference in Holyoke, Mass. |
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| | Bishop Robinson, who married his partner, Mark, said that he had come to reconcile his sexuality with his faith and could feel "God's light and God's life ooze over me like warm butter". | | | The Rt Rev Gene Robinson, the Bishop of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church of the United States, said that Jesus was an unmarried, "non-traditional man" who did not uphold family values, "travelled with a bunch of men" and enjoyed an especially close relationship with one of his disciples. | | | "Bishop Robinson is saying that the culture has moved in his direction and that it's all becoming accepted, so he's looking for ways to interpret scripture to support that instead of realising that scripture asks us to do the unpopular thing and stand against the prevailing culture." |
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| | Marshfield News Herald - St. Alban's quiet regarding gay bishop |
| | Russell Jacobus, the bishop of the Diocese of Fond du Lac. | | | Brown, who has been with the church for 60 years, said gay clergy and bishops are nothing new. | | | Several Anglican bishops in Africa, Asia and Latin America have condemned the convention vote, with some threatening to sever ties with the U.S. church. |
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| | USATODAY.com - Gay Episcopal bishop says 'Holy Spirit led us' |
| | The report reflects "patronizing" efforts by North American churches to "subvert the Christian faith," said Bishop Peter Akinola, head of the 17 million-member Anglican Church in Nigeria and an outspoken critic of gay participation in church leadership. | | | At their last meeting, dissenting conservative bishops refused even to stay at the same conference hotel as bishops who gave Robinson their blessing. | | | Bishops from the U.S. church will meet in January. |
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| | The Bristol Press - News - 04/13/2005 - Bristol church may leave over gay bishop |
| | BRISTOL -- Acceptance of a gay bishop by Connecticut Episcopal Bishop Andrew D. Smith is threatening to rive a Bristol congregation from the church. | | | I have no doubt that Bishop Robinson is able to perform his worldly duties as Bishop, but I have serious reservations as to his ability to perform his spiritual obligations with his present attitude toward homosexuality. | | | To elevate a person who is flaunting his sin publicly to the position of Bishop is to deny what is written in Scripture. |
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| | First openly gay bishop consecrated. 03/11/2003. ABC News Online |
| | Bishop Robinson, his voice trembling, told the congregation he felt deeply honoured but also urged compassion toward church members angered and upset by his consecration. | | | The church's Lambeth Conference of 1998 held that the Anglican communion regards homosexual practice as "incompatible with scripture" and condemned the blessing of same-sex unions. | | | Outside the arena, mounted police stood by as protesters opposed the church for appointing an openly gay bishop and members of the congregation hailed the historic event. |
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| | New bishop: Gay marriage a 'civil right' |
| | Bishop V. Gene Robinson also said he is "saddened" by the controversy surrounding his consecration, but believes more people have joined the Episcopal Church than have left because of it. | | | Robinson has been criticized for openly living a gay lifestyle, which critics say is in conflict with biblical teachings. | | | Seuer said she recognizes there has been division and disagreement among church members, and said while some church members may not agree with his selection as bishop, they stop short of staying away from church. |
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| | The GULLY Gay Mundo Gay Bishop Roils Anglican Unity |
| | The election of a gay bishop not only challenges the conservative wing of the Episcopal Church and of the Anglican communion because it disrupts their heterosexist societies, but because it seems to contradict the literal interpretation of the Bible that has evolved into the foundation of conservative Christian faith. | | | Episcopalians and Anglicans who reject Robinson's election as bishop have only one choice, which is to cut ties with their sister church in the United States. | | | A schism now in the Anglican communion over Bishop Robinson's election will not be the last over the place of openly lesbian, gay, bi, and transgendered people in Protestant Christianity, a debate tied to that about the nature of the denominations themselves. |
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| | Church elects its first gay bishop - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics |
| | Conservatives in the Church of England and elsewhere protested the appointment last month of an English bishop with liberal views on homosexuality, although the new bishop vowed to uphold existing church policy on the subject. | | | In 1998, the world's Anglican prelates voted that sex between homosexuals is "incompatible with Scripture" at the Lambeth Conference of Anglican Bishops in Canterbury, England. | | | Bishops in the worldwide Anglican Communion, which includes the Episcopal Church, approved a resolution in 1998 calling homosexual sex "incompatible with Scripture." |
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| | BBC NEWS UK Anglicans torn over gay bishop |
| | He is known to personally support the gay priests and the blessing of same sex unions, but he is also sensitive to the concerns of the conservatives at home and abroad. | | | Conservatives met on Friday with the Bishop of Oxford to try to persuade him to reverse a decision to appoint Dr Jeffrey John as an area bishop. | | | The battle over the appointment of Jeffrey John as Bishop of Reading is one for the soul of the Anglican Church. |
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| | THE BATTLE OVER SAME-SEX MARRIAGE / Gay bishop proves it's never too late to fall in love / With grandson in ... |
| | The bishop says he was guided by his belief that all human beings are called upon to live as fully as they can. | | | When it concluded, Otis Charles, the world's first openly gay Christian bishop, also became the world's first bishop to wed his same-sex partner in church. | | | The Episcopal Church continues to be highly divided over the issue of gay priests and same-sex marriage. |
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| | The World Today - First openly gay bishop consecrated |
| | GENE ROBINSON: I, the Gene Robinson, chosen Bishop of the Church in New Hampshire, solemnly declare that I do believe the holy scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. | | | OBJECTOR 3: It is impossible to infirm a candidate for Bishop and symbol of unity whose very consecration is dividing the whole Anglican communion. | | | It plans to build a network of congregations to preserve what is says are the traditional beliefs of the Church. |
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| | However, soon after all the bishops had laid their hands upon him in a 2,000-year-old rite said to confer spiritual authority, the new bishop, the Rt. | | | "We, the undersigned bishops, are registering our objection to the consecration of a person whose chosen lifestyle is incompatible with Scripture and the teaching of this church," he said. | | | DURHAM, N.H. — The world's first openly homosexual Episcopal bishop was consecrated here yesterday in a ceremony attended by 3,000 well-wishers, 54 bishops, dozens of reporters, and protesters who condemned the church for allowing the event. |
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| | Robinson is the first openly gay man to be elected as a bishop in the national Episcopal church, as well as the worldwide Anglican Communion of which it is a part. | | | Robinson said he hopes to work with the two churches, even though their members have said they do want Robinson to serve as their bishop. | | | Two churches, Church of the Redeemer in Rochester and St. Mark's in Ashland have voted to affiliate with the new network of conservative churches. |
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| | Bishop Frank Griswold, leader of the Episcopal Church, said he would preside, and among the three bishops who agreed to consecrate Robinson was Edmond L. Browning, a former presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church. | | | Fifty bishops were expected to attend the consecration. | | | Such parishes would submit an application to a panel of three bishops appointed by the AAC, and would not need to notify the local bishop of their plans. |
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| | The Rev. Sam Pascoe, rector at Grace Church in Orange Park, said the churches' believe that getting another bishop would allow them to conduct their ministries "with a clean conscience." The churches opposed the 2003 consecration by the national church of V. Gene Robinson, a gay bishop in New Hampshire who lives with a partner. | | | Howard rejected last week a request from the congregations' that he temporarily assign another bishop saying it amounted to a "divorce" between the churches and the diocese. | | | The letter to the archbishop of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Community, informed him they were "in serious theological dispute" with Bishop John Howard and said it was impossible to remain under his leadership within the Jacksonville-based Diocese of Florida. |
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| | Telegraph News Gay bishop kept under 24-hour FBI guard |
| | The Anglican Church's first openly homosexual bishop is under 24-hour protection from the FBI after receiving death threats from Christian fundamentalists. | | | Bishop-elect Gene Robinson, who will be consecrated bishop of New Hampshire next Sunday, told a conference for homosexual priests in Manchester this weekend that there were grave concerns for his safety. | | | He was applauded when he said that the diocese "wants a bishop, not a martyr". |
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| | Robinson is the first openly gay bishop in the worldwide Anglican faith and his 2003 election (story) has resulted in two years of feuding between traditionalists and modernists in the Church. | | | The six are refusing to recognize the authority of Bishop Andrew D. Smith because he voted for the elevation of Gene Robinson as Bishop of New Hampshire. | | | In February leaders of the global Anglican Communion told the U.S. Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada to withdraw from the communion's councils temporarily, and to explain their attitudes toward gays which have split the church. |
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| | Anglican diocese picks first-ever openly gay bishop / Move may force showdown in church over homosexuality |
| | The only gay bishop to disclose his sexuality before now is retired Bishop Otis Charles of Utah, who sent a letter to the church's House of Bishops in 1993 sharing his experience as a closeted gay churchman watching the bishops wrestle with the issue. | | | Church experts say that the Episcopal Church has had gay bishops before and does now, but none who have made their sexual orientation known before they were elected. | | | The move is likely to roil the church in the United States and England, and deepen the disaffection of the more conservative Anglican churches in Africa, Asia and Latin America. |
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| | The consecration went ahead despite proclamations from the primates who lead Anglican churches in parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America that a gay bishop will not be recognised in their churches, and will prompt them to break ties with their American affiliate, the Episcopal Church USA. | | | Nevertheless, the consecration was a vindicating moment for many Episcopalians, who had long hoped the church would formally acknowledge the many gay men and lesbians who serve as priests, deacons and laypeople. | | | The conservative American Anglican Council condemned the consecration of an openly homosexual bishop as "heresy, blasphemy and sin," and vowed to create a new "mainstream" Anglican church in the US. |
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| | Gay bishop predicts Anglican schism -- Queer Lesbian Gay News -- Gay.com |
| | Gay.com > News > Gay bishop predicts Anglican schism -- PLYMOUTH, N.H. -- The first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church is predicting a division in the Anglican Communion two years after U.S. church leaders triggered global outrage by approving his election. | | | PLYMOUTH, N.H. -- The first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church is predicting a division in the Anglican Communion two years after U.S. church leaders triggered global outrage by approving his election. | | | Then I can attend church again in t… |
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| | CNN.com - Episcopalians approve gay bishop - Aug. 6, 2003 |
| | The Rev. Susan Russell of the gay Episcopal group Claiming the Blessing said she believes the church is strong enough to survive the debate. | | | The House of Bishops voted Tuesday evening to confirm the Rev. Gene Robinson as bishop of New Hampshire, making him the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church's history. | | | Although the national Anglican churches are independent, the archbishop of Canterbury is accorded special honor as head of the original Anglican body, the Church of England. |
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| | Gay US bishop meets with Rowan Williams - news from ekklesia |
| | Bishop Robinson, who was elected to head the diocese of New Hampshire in 2003 even though he lives with his male partner, told the Guardian yesterday he was not ashamed of his sexual orientation and believed he had no reason for repentence, as conservatives across the world have demanded. | | | The bishop was last night taking part in a debate at the Oxford Union and over the weekend will attend services in London and Manchester commemorating the 10th anniversary of the moderate gay church pressure group Changing Attitudes. | | | Even this has been too much for some conservatives, who unsuccessfully lobbied the Bishop of London, Richard Chartres, to try to stop Bishop Robinson even entering a church during his visit. |
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| | Robinson's consecration as bishop in November sparked fury among conservative Anglicans both within the United States and around the world, and threatened a rupture within the 70 million-member church. | | | For now, "I've got too much to do as the bishop of New Hampshire," he said. | | | Gay Anglican Bishop Says He'd Like to Marry |
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| | The U.S. Episcopal Church’s first openly gay bishop said the Anglican archbishop of Nigeria is committing “idolatry” for using sexual orientation as a tool to divide the church. | | | Robinson& appearance at All Saints Church in Atlanta was criticized by three gay activists protesting outside the church, who said the gay-friendly conference and gay bishop should avoid the facility over its sponsorship of a Boy Scouts of America troop. | | | Gene Robinson of New Hampshire, the first openly gay Episcopalian bishop, told an Atlanta conference last week that he doubts disagreement over his consecration will lead to a church split. |
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| | The Bishop said his home state in the US was "the one place in the world where I am not the gay bishop - I'm just the bishop... | | | I am sure that he has received support from gay Catholic priests, who are shaking in their boots with fear that their careers in the Church have reached a dead-end. | | | In 1996, the year long study of what to do about the ordination of the first gay priest resulted in a concensus of the US bishops that no legal framework was in place to deal with this subject therefore, no action should be taken. |
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| | The Diocese of New Hampshire - The Rev Canon V Gene Robinson |
| | There is no room for "them" and "us" in the Church, because in God's economy, there is NO "them." A bishop ought not only to preach that message, but with God's help, to embody it in his or her ministry. | | | Despite the honor and burden put on her for being the first woman bishop, she has always understood that she could do more for women, not by being "the first female bishop," but by simply being a good bishop. | | | The Bishop, with the assistance of parish leaders and clergy, should offer a day long conversation for those young people in high school or college who might like to talk about one day becoming ordained. |
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| | Shaw, the bishop of the Diocese of Massachusetts, met in late April with seven liberal priests unhappy with the ban on officiating at same-sex marriages and is scheduled to meet next week with clergy and laypeople from several conservative parishes. | | | At the same time, a handful of parishes that oppose Shaw’s support for the ordination of a gay bishop in New Hampshire are affiliating with a new national network of conservative parishes and are considering ask ing Shaw to allow another, more conservative, bishop to minister to them. | | | But Shaw is allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, and is even allowing them to conduct ceremonies in churches at which a justice of the peace conducts a civil marriage and a priest then blesses the same-sex couple’s ‘‘holy union.’’ |
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| | The South African branch of the church tends to be more liberal than others in Africa and its leadership said last week the sexual orientation of bishops does not matter as long as gay bishops remained celibate. | | | Anglican bishops in Africa, Asia and Latin America condemned the vote, with some threatening to sever ties with the US church. | | | "We can't support Canon Robinson& election because it is not compatible with our tradition and faith, and if they insist on having him as bishop, we will cut ourselves away from the operation of the US church," he said on Monday in an interview with The Associated Press. |
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| | Some African bishops, led by Peter Akinola, the Archbishop of Nigeria, whose 17.5 million congregants make up the largest single church in the Anglican communion, have warned they will sever their links with the US church. | | | Not only has he been elected by the 15,000 members of the church in New Hampshire - so there is no question of his being imposed on the diocese - but he was chosen from a field of 150 candidates, whittled down to four, of whom two were women. | | | Canon Robinson would not, of course, be the first gay bishop: there are several of those already. |
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| | Johnson, pastor of the South Hill United Methodist Church, had been suspended by Virginia bishop Charlene Kammerer after he refused to grant church membership to an openly homosexual man who was active in his church. | | | In the brief, the bishops said the decision "undercuts the authority of the Superintendents, the Bishop, and the clergy session of the annual conference" because it gave "sole authority to make pastoral judgments to the pastor." | | | Methodist Bishops Request Reconsideration of Gay Church Membership... |
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| | The good "Bishop" Robinson, who is a false prophet if ever I've seen one, recently stated, according to the article, that the Vatican's ban on homosexual men being ordained as priests is "vile." Ironically, one definition of the word 'vile' seems to apply to "Bishop" Robinson far more than it does the Vatican. | | | A BBC article states the "first openly gay Anglican bishop, Gene Robinson, has called for the Roman Catholic church's attitude to homosexuals to be confronted." The truth of the matter, however, is his attack spreads much farther than to Catholicism! | | | "Bishop" Robinson is no bishop, at least by the Bible's standards. |
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| | Anglicans Chide U.S. Church on Gay Bishop (washingtonpost.com) |
| | While the report said it honored the autonomy of Anglican churches, it also suggested that the communion adopt a "covenant" that would be binding on all member churches. | | | Anglicans Chide U.S. Church on Gay Bishop (washingtonpost.com) | | | On one side are people who believe that the Bible explicitly condemns homosexuality; on the other are those who insist the church must be inclusive and recognize sexual differences among Christians. |
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| | Episcopalians Install First Gay Bishop |
| | Assistant Bishop David Bena of Albany, N.Y., spoke for 36 opposing bishops in the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada. | | | Robinson, 56, became a bishop when the 55 other bishops attending his consecration surrounded him for the laying on of hands. | | | The 37 top bishops of the world's Anglicans met last month to affirm the faith's opposition to gay clergy and same-sex behavior. |
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| | “Central to the complaint is the contention that Bishop Smith’s actions are motivated by a desire to impose his own singular views on canon law, church polity and theology on the congregations and clergy because they reject his revisionist views on theology, particularly on human sexuality,” according to the plaintiffs’ news release. | | | He continued, “Where is the strong voice of the Nigerian Anglican Church in opposing the continued neglect of vulnerable women and children, or in advocating on behalf of the poorest of the poor?” | | | D.C. Episcopal Bishop John Bryson Chane lashed out at the conservative Nigerian Archbishop Peter Akinola for, he said, prioritizing sexuality over poverty. |
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| | The church has been in turmoil since Gene Robinson was elected bishop of New Hampshire becoming the first openly gay man to be elevated to such a post in the Anglican faith. | | | Williams is in a difficult position because he has acknowledged ordaining a priest that he knew to be gay when he was a Welsh bishop, but as archbishop of Canterbury he has criticized the Episcopal Church for going ahead with Robinson's consecration without agreement within the communion. | | | Posted: September 10, 2004 11:00 am ET (London) A commission set up to deal with deep divisions in the worldwide Anglican Church over the election of a gay bishop in the US concluded a week of meetings Friday saying it would publish its conclusions on Oct. 18. |
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| | Online NewsHour Update: Episcopal Church Approves First Gay Bishop -- Aug. 5, 2003 |
| | The Episcopal Church approved its first openly gay bishop on Tuesday, a day after allegations of sexual misconduct threatened to derail the ordination of New Hampshire Rev. Gene Robinson. | | | Since the 18th Century, according to a Reuters' report, the Church has rejected only nine priests nominated for the position of bishop, the last in 1934. | | | The Episcopal Church is the U.S. affiliate of Britain's Anglican Church. |
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| | The Gay Bishop's Links |
| | Conservatives, traditionalists, and their allies note the Bible is explicit in identifying gay sexual relations as sinful and insist the church should stand against worldly trends. | | | His election must also be endorsed by the church's council of bishops. | | | However, some parishes are exploring a different option: aligning with bishops outside the United States who oppose openly gay priests and bishops. |
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| | Concerned Women for America - Episcopalians Elect Divorced, ‘Gay’ Bishop in New Hampshire |
| | Not to affirm the New Hampshire election would be, I believe, a challenge to the revelation of the Holy Spirit upon which Episcopalians and Anglicans throughout the worldwide Anglican Communion place great credence, faith and trust. | | | On the contrary, he is one of the most talented clergy in the church and a powerful candidate for Bishop in any diocese. | | | My knowledge of Gene affirms him as a man of great integrity and talent with deep spiritual roots and one who is highly qualified to assume the administrative oversight, ministry and pastoral care required of a bishop in the Episcopal Church. |
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| | News 14 Carolina 24 Hour Local News HEADLINES |
| | Gene Robinson is the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church. | | | Even though the convention already approved Bishop Robinson, Episcopalians at St. Timothy's say the battle is far from over and the Episcopal church will survive. | | | But some in the church disagree with the decision, believing it goes against their religion. |
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| | BBC NEWS Americas US Church approves gay bishop |
| | A committee at the Church's general convention in Minneapolis - the Committee for the Consecration of Bishops of the American Anglican Church - had already backed the bishop on Friday. | | | The selection has brought heavy fire from conservatives at home and religious leaders in the developing world, including parts of Asia and Africa, where Anglicans tend to be more traditionalist. | | | But some of the more conservative elements within the church have threatened to walk out should the final vote be in Mr Robinson's favour. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3120171.stm
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| | Guske.US - Media vs. Religion |
| | The Episcopal church's appointment of an openly gay bishop has fueled the major media's attempts to shift power and influence from religion to media. |
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http://www.guske.us/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3
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| | GayWired.com - Gay Bishop Fallout Intensifies - - Anger within the Episcopal Church over the electio |
| | Richard Harries, the Bishop of Oxford, on the weekend compared opposition to the ordination of gay priests to support for slavery and anti-Semitism earlier in the church's history. | | | But, a highly respected British bishop calls the rift an attempt to support bigotry not backed in scripture. | | | Earlier this year, Harries caused a storm in the Church of England by appointing the openly gay Canon Jeffrey John as bishop for the British town of Reading. |
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http://www.gaywired.com/article.cfm?section=9&id=1111
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| | Gay Bishop-elect Robinson Mocks Critics |
| | The American bishops see it as an opportunity for the Anglican Church to be honest with itself - and with its God. | | | A majority of US bishops of the Episcopal Church endorsed Canon Robinson's election, saying what mattered was the content of his character, not his sexual orientation. | | | There it is. THAT's the problem but the gay bishop is making it all about him. |
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1004988/posts
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| | U.S. gay Episcopal bishop slams Vatican -- Queer Lesbian Gay News -- Gay.com |
| | I believe Robinson spoke out as a gay man, not as an Episcopal Bishop, in order to highlight the blatantly obvious scape-goating of homosexuals in the Catholic Church, and calling it what it is. An a… | | | He also said that the new hard-line tactics in the Catholic Church have resulted in priests switching to the Anglican Communion. | | | Why does an Episcopal bishop feel the need to tell the Catholics how to run their own religion? |
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http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2005/11/07/2
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| | The New York Times > New York Region > Connecticut Episcopalians Defy Bishop Over Gay Issues |
| | All told, six Episcopal churches have rejected the authority of the bishop of the Connecticut Diocese and stopped paying their diocesan dues because of the bishop's liberal views on homosexuality and his support for a gay bishop in New Hampshire. | | | The bishop, Andrew D. Smith, has responded by threatening to remove the pastors of those congregations from their pulpits if they do not rejoin the fold by Friday. | | | This has left the six churches in Connecticut with what they say is an unpalatable option: reporting to an alternative bishop chosen by Bishop Smith. |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/14/nyregion/14episcopal.html?ex=1271131200&en=efd44cd9aae65b49&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland
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