[Cincinatus]

This is the essence of the issue. Rather than representing the immutable word of God, Robinson looks at the Bible as man-made, something to be interpreted and changed in accordance with "modern" thinking

If this is true, then most of the current Episcopal clergy should be defrocked, as most of them believe exactly this.

I thought the issue was making an unrepentant sinner a bishop, with empahsis on the "unrepentant."

[governsleastgovernsbest]

I'd say that the question of unrepented sin is the "presenting issue," so to speak. The fundamental issue is the authority of Scripture.

Robinson is unrepentant precisely because he does not accept scriptual authority.