Posted on 08/05/2003 11:17:58 AM PDT by churchillbuff
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:05:53 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
A homosexual clergyman's election as Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire was delayed yesterday as church officials investigated his links to a homosexual youth group and charges that he sexually harassed another man. Episcopal leaders meeting in Minneapolis had been scheduled to vote to approve Canon V. Gene Robinson as the church's first openly homosexual bishop until the 11th-hour accusation by a Vermont man, who said Mr. Robinson's advances toward him at a church convention showed an "alarming weakness of character." That accusation became public the same day Episcopalians learned that Outright, a homosexual youth ministry founded by Mr. Robinson, included links to hard-core pornography on its Web site. Mr. Robinson, 56, was elected bishop by New Hampshire Episcopalians on June 7, but his selection must be ratified by a majority of clergy, laity and bishops at this week's Episcopal General Convention. Conservatives in the church have criticized the nomination of Mr. Robinson, a father of two who divorced his wife in 1987 and has had a homosexual lover for 13 years. Among accomplishments, Mr. Robinson cites his role in founding the Concord, N.H., chapter of Outright, an organization whose mission
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Am I to assume it shoots spitballs???
Episcopal Church Ends Probe of Gay Bishop-Elect; Vote Set for Later Today
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