Bishop Gene Robinson, whose 2003 election as the first openly gay
Episcopal bishop rocked Anglican Communion, has announced his
divorce
from his longtime partner
and husband.
Episcopal
Bishop V. Gene Robinson, right, entered a New Hampshire civil union
with his longtime partner, Mark Andrew, left, at St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church in Concord, N.H. At center is Justice of the Peace Ronna Wise.
Robinson, who retired in 2013 as the Bishop of New Hampshire,
and
his partner of 25 years, Mark Andrew, were married in a
private civil
union in 2008.
“It is at least a small comfort to me, as a gay rights and marriage
equality advocate, to know that like any marriage, gay and lesbian
couples are subject to the same complications and hardships
that afflict
marriages between heterosexual couples,” Robinson wrote.
Robinson went public with his sexual identity and divorce from his wife in 1986.
Boy, New Hampshire chose well... Now twice divorced, Bishop Robinson certainly honors the New Testament with his two divorces, the split in the Episcopal Church his consecration caused, and the great publicity he has and continues to seek, well, they all certainly help the cause of the Gospel, now don't they! No, bishops and priests are not perfect people nor are they chosen for how close to perfection they are. But
the church and the people of God expect a certain level of moral and honorable behavior and at least discretion. Those who were looking for a person to break through the gay glass ceiling in the Episcopal Church should have looked harder. Gene Robinson is good at excuses and taking comfort that others fail like he has. He ought to simply fade away...
5 comments:
If there ever was a good excuse for monasteries, this is one. Time to take up the devotional life Brother Gene.
He cannot disappear fast enough!! Like most gays, he is an ego-driven attention seeker, and he cares not who or what is damaged in the process.
Fr. D+
Anglican Priest
It doesn't matter if gays are attention seeking or not if no one will give them attention. The problem is the society that will follow such bad leaders. The Episcopal church has a plenty of clergy and laity who could have driven him out of public view. Likewise the media could have ignored/vilified him and that would have helped immensely. There is plenty of blame to go around.
Who is more foolish, the fool or the fools who follow him?
How can this pervert be "divorced" from his co-pervert to whom he was not actually "married"?
Traitorous laws or court decisions may legally refer to an abomination as "marriage," but it doesn't overrule God and make an abomination a marriage, just like SCOTUS traitors may legalize abortion, but it is still murder and treason.
wait, i thought the spirit was doing a new thing. guess it was that same old spirit of man who would be as God.
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