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DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | yesterday
... I certainly couldn't care less what he does off it. And then I see that the Washington Post 's Gene Robinson has written a column about it, " Tiger's validation complex ," and I'm thinking, what could he have to say about it? I've got enough respect for him that my curiosity finally overwhelmed me, and I read the damned column. And it turns out he has two rather interesting...
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Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
By Timothy C Morgan, Christianity Today The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles this weekend elected Mary Glasspool, an openly lesbian priest, to be one of its assistant bishops. This is sure to trigger new anxieties and power struggles in the worldwide Anglican Communion. Under limitations in effect since the election of New Hampshire Bishop Gene Robinson [...]
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bilerico.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Since the 2003 consecration of the Bishop V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire, the church's first openly gay bishop, that set off a worldwide firestorm of reactions both positive and negative, the recent election of an openly lesbian candidate, the Rev. Mary Douglas Glasspool of Baltimore, as bishop suffragan of the Diocese of Los Angeles will re-ignite the storm once again. And her election...
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Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Hampshire we know the work of clergy and lay leaders and the notable presence of the Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson, bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire and member of HRC’s Religion Council , helped garner support for marriage in the Granite State. There is a powerful connection between progressive clergy speaking out and changing attitudes about LGBT equality in this country....
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VirtueOnline (Free subscription) | yesterday
When "Gracious Restraint" Fails - The Real Anglican Tragedy By ALBERT MOHLER http://tinyurl.com/ygxrlq7 December 7, 2009 The election of a second openly-homosexual bishop in the Episcopal Church hardly came as a surprise. Given the actions of the church in its General Convention this past summer, the question was clearly not if there would be more openly-gay bishops, but when. The...
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The Citizens (Free subscription) | yesterday
I was a delegate to the 114th convention of the Los Angeles Diocese of the Episcopal Church in Riverside this past weekend where we "made history" by electing the first lesbian bishop. Unlike Bishop Gene Robinson, who famously remarked that he was scarcely the first gay person to be a bishop in the Anglican or Roman churches - just the first one to be honest about it - the list...
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VirtueOnline (Free subscription) | yesterday
... enthronement that would make her the second homosexual bishop in history after New Hampshire's Gene Robinson, consecrated in 2003. Disaster recipe On Monday, Archbishop Luke Orombi's assistant for International Relations, Ms Alison Barfoot, described as "funny and unbiblical" the choice of Ms Glasspool. "We believe the Bible condemns homosexual behaviour as immoral....
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VirtueOnline (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... setting off an ecclesiastical fire storm around the Anglican Communion that we have not seen since Gene Robinson, a non-celibate homosexual, was elected Bishop of New Hampshire. The Rev. Canon Mary Douglas Glasspool, 55, who now serves as a canon to the Diocese of Maryland bishops, will be the second elected outed homosexual bishop in The Episcopal Church, an act that is being seen...
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Celebrity (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... in the global Anglican fellowship, which is already deeply fractured over the issue. Gay Bishop Gene Robinson from New Hampshire, who became the first gay Anglican bishop in 2003, sparked an uproar in the communion. Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury warned that the election of a lesbian bishop in the United States raises "very serious questions" for the entire...
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The Corner (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... last week that July 2011 would be when Obama unfurls his "mission accomplished" banner. Gene Robinson says the deadline gives the Taliban an out: “My belief is that if the Taliban begins losing ground, many of its fighters will just melt back into the population and bide their time until the president's July 2011 deadline arrives.” As became even clearer over...
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VirtueOnline (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... to impose a moratorium on electing any more gay bishops after the divisive election of Bishop Gene Robinson in 2003. But the ceasefire between liberals and evangelicals has effectively been ended by the election of a bishop who has committed a double sin in the eyes of conservatives: Canon Mary Glasspool is a woman priest and has openly been a lesbian for 21 years.
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Saint Mary Magdalen, Brighton, UK (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... these poor women forever labelled "... the lesbian Bishop". Lesbian, or in the case of Gene Robinson "Gay", seems to outweigh any other adjective, even Christian. I have to admit I am with St Paul, I believe these issues should not really "even be spoken of amongst you". It is the pushing of sexuality that concerns me, I have few problems with deep even...
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turenchi (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
... Episcopal Church heads to back her consecration.The election of the first openly gay bishop, Gene Robinson of New Hampshire, six years ago created a massive rift.Traditionalists have already expressed opposition to the latest election.Conservatives insist the Bible unequivocally outlaws homosexuality whereas liberals believe the Bible should be reinterpreted in the light of contemporary...
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Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Associated Press RIVERSIDE, Calif. — The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles has elected the second openly gay bishop in the national church and the world Anglican fellowship. The Rev. Mary Glasspool of Baltimore won election as assistant bishop in Los Angeles in voting Saturday. The first openly gay bishop, V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire, was consecrated [...]
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You Don't Say (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Mary Glasspool, who was elected bishop suffragan of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles yesterday, is canon to the bishops in the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. She is properly referred to as the Rev. Canon Mary Glasspool. Her election was of more than common interest, because she is the second openly gay person to be elected a bishop in the Episcopal Church, the Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson...
