Great Donald on Gay Bishop

Episcopals should be ashamed, as
from Lileks

"There's a word for people who leave their children because they don't want to have sex with Mommy anymore: selfish. . . . "

Donald says.

"There is no way on God's green earth that Robinson would have been elected bishop by his own diocese, much less the entire denomination, if he had left his wife for another woman. Lileks is right: he moved in with a man, and the church has endorsed all of it: his past sexual infidelity, breaking his marriage vows, and his continued enjoyment of illicit sex. All have now been given the Episcopal Church Seal of Approval.

Robinson's homosexuality - nothing else - gave him a free pass to break his marriage vows and have sexual relations outside marriage and not only that, but to be held forth as a paradigm of Christian personhood, a bishop. "


Some great comments, too:
"Tolerance, tolerance, tolerance. There are houses for that" Clemenceau.

In French a house of tolerance means a brothel. Hope this doesn't count for profanity.
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On the other hand, another couple comments include this summary:
"So, Robinson divorced in 1986. He moved in with new partner in 1989 and has been in monogamous relationship for 14 years � he would be married if church allowed it. His church signed off on his divorce and his ex-wife supported his nomination to Bishop and his diocese supports him since they elected him. He has worked in the capacity of assistant to the current Bishop and thus is an obvious choice for the nomination. And there have been many other such moves through out the English, Canadian, and American branches of the church. Each of these moves has been met by either the nominated prelate withdrawing or a schism where the Conservatives churches left. This doesn�t look like the case of a man breaking church rules and this violation being overlooked. It doesn�t look like a coup from above where this change is being forced on the church members, and leaving remains an option for those who cannot adjust. Mmm... looks rather progressive to me. But if you think you can convince me otherwise... feel free."