![]() V. Gene Robinson, the first openly homosexual bishop in the Anglican Church, is divorcing his “husband,” Mark Andrew. The two “married” in 2010 when same-sex marriage was legalized in New Hampshire (“First Openly Homosexual Episcopal Bishop Divorces,” OneNewsNow, May 4, 2014). In 1990, Robinson broke his marriage vows when he left his wife and two young daughters and moved in with Andrew. In a speech in April 29, 2000, the day before a “gay pride” march in Washington, D.C., Robinson said: “... we are loved beyond our wildest imagining by a God who made us the way we are and proclaimed it good. We proclaim today that we too read our Bibles, and through the voices of its many witnesses, we hear God’s voice--NOT saying ‘You are an abomination,’ but rather, ‘You are my beloved.’ We lay an equal claim to a savior who loves us as we are and who died to save us from our ‘manifold sins and wickedness,’ which does NOT include our being gay. And we come here today, laying claim to our full membership--our FULL membership--in the Body of Christ.” At the 2006 Episcopal convention, Robinson said, “We don’t worship a God who is all locked up in the Scripture of 2,000 years ago.” He quoted John Fortunato, a homosexual author who claims that God visited him and confirmed that homosexuality is fine if it is “loving.” Fortunato said, “God smiled and said quietly, ‘How can loving be wrong? All love comes from me” (“Two Minds in One Episcopal Body,” Christian Research Journal, vol. 29, no. 5, 2006). That same year, Robinson sought treatment for “alcoholism.” In 2009, Robinson delivered the benediction prayer at Barack Obama’s inauguration. (Friday Church News Notes, May 9, 2014, www.wayoflife.org, [email protected], 866-295-4143) Comments are closed.
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