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NEWS ABOUT: Gene Robinson

Gene Robinson stories: 14 news summaries

Episcopal Church Lifts
Ban on Gay Bishops

Deeper rift with conservatives looms

Jul 15, 09 5:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Leaders of the Episcopal Church voted overwhelmingly yesterday to allow the ordination of gay and lesbian bishops, risking further fissures with conservative parishes and the Anglican Communion. The new policy reverses a 2006 compromise that prohibited the consecration of homosexual clergy, in line with other Anglican churches. Episcopalians will vote... More »

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Episcopal Church • Anglican Church • Gene Robinson • Christian conservatives • Episcopalian • clergy • bishop • homosexual clergy • gay

Liz Cheney:
Dad Is Not a
Crazy Old Coot

Duty calls him to forgo retirement to bash Obama, daughter says

May 12, 09 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Liz Cheney went on MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, firing back at Washington Post scribe Eugene Robinson for calling her dad a “crazy old coot.” Robinson had said we ought to send Cheney “back to Wyoming” where he could rant in peace. “My dad... More »

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Dick Cheney • torture • Gene Robinson • harsh interrogation • Liz Cheney

OPINION

 Let's Put Cheney Out to Pasture 

VP is a veritable font of nonsense

May 12, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Isn’t it time we sent Dick Cheney back to Wyoming, found him a home “where the buffalo roam and there’s always room for one more crazy old coot down at the general store?” Eugene Robinson asks in the Washington Post. It’s no wonder the TV networks... More »

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Dick Cheney • torture • Rush Limbaugh • Gene Robinson • Wyoming • Colin Powell • harsh interrogation

(Newser) - Barack Obama has called himself a “fierce advocate of equality for gay and lesbian Americans,” but with legalized same-sex marriage spreading to state after state and “don’t ask don’t tell” ripe for repeal, he’s been silent, complains Eugene Robinson in the Washington Post.... More »

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Barack Obama • gay rights • gay marriage • Don't Ask, Don't Tell • Gene Robinson • Obama administration

(Newser) - How can the Republicans get back to being a big-tent majority? “I can’t believe I’m saying this,” writes Eugene Robinson in the Washington Post, but “it should start by paying more attention to the all-too-quotable Michael Steele.” Sure, the party chairman might be crazy,... More »

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RNC • Gene Robinson • Michael Steele • Republican Party Chairman

OPINION

 Inspire Us, Tiger 


Feb 27, 09 9:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Ignore the nonstop gloom and doom of economic news to consider a wonderful thing: Tiger Woods is playing golf again. Woods has been rehabbing his left knee since just after his gutsy 2008 US Open win settled forever the question of whether a golfer could be called an “athlete,... More »

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golf • Tiger Woods • surgery • Gene Robinson • US Open • knee injury • ligament • economy • US Open Golf

OPINION

 Blago's a Clown, 
 and That's Not Funny 

Blagojevich is not some kind of clown here to amuse you

Jan 29, 09 9:16 AM CST
(Newser) - These days, everyone seems to find Rod Blagojevich hilarious. Everyone, that is, except the state of Illinois, writes David Broder of the Washington Post. When Blagojevich went on TV instead of testifying at his impeachment hearing, there wasn’t a hint of outrage. The media “treated Blagojevich as... More »

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impeachment • comedy • Gene Robinson • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Dana Milbank

Openly Gay Bishop Tapped for Inauguration

Robinson will speak Sunday, has been critical of Warren

Jan 12, 09 12:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has asked Bishop V. Gene Robinson, the only openly gay Episcopal bishop, to deliver the invocation at the opening event of Inauguration Week, the Boston Globe reports. Robinson had been among those who criticized Obama for asking same-sex marriage opponent Rick Warren to deliver the main inaugural... More »

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Barack Obama • gay marriage • Episcopal Church • Gene Robinson • Episcopalian • inauguration • Rick Warren • gays • President Obama

(AP) - Theological conservatives upset by liberal views of US Episcopalians and Canadian Anglicans formed a rival North American province today. The development is the culmination of a five-year rift that erupted when Episcopalians in New Hampshire consecrated the first openly gay bishop. The split represents a new challenge to the already... More »

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Episcopal Church • gay priests • Gene Robinson • Church of England

Gay Bishop, Obama Discuss Dangers of Being 'First'

Obama camp sought out Robinson three times

Nov 6, 08 4:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama had three private conversations with the Episcopal Church’s only openly gay bishop during the campaign to discuss what it meant to be "first," the Times of London reports. “The first words out of his mouth were: ‘Well you’re certainly causing a lot... More »

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Barack Obama • gay rights • Episcopal Church • Anglican Church • Gene Robinson • Obama 2008 • President Obama

Heckler Halts Gay Bishop's London Sermon

Episcopal rift over homosexuality roils upcoming conference

Jul 14, 08 10:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - He was uninvited to the Anglican Church's big, once-a-decade Lambeth Conference next week, but New Hampshire’s gay Episcopal bishop decided cheerfully to go anyway, to be a “constant and friendly reminder” of gays in the sect. Not so cheerful was the heckler who interrupted his sermon in London... More »

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Episcopal Church • Anglican Church • religion • protests • Gene Robinson • Archbishop of Canterbury • bishop • hecklers

Conservatives Break With Anglican Church

Debate over homosexuality leads to schism 'in all but name'

Jun 30, 08 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Traditionalist Anglican bishops, most of them representing the developing world, have broken away from the Anglican communion and formed their own global church. Galvanized by the consecration of Gene Robinson, the openly gay bishop of New Hampshire, the disgruntled clergymen have formed the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, which rejects the... More »

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Episcopal Church • Anglican Church • religion • Gene Robinson • Archbishop of Canterbury • homosexual clergy

 Gay Episcopal
 Bish Weds Partner 

Civil union in church with 20-year partner

Jun 9, 08 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - New Hampshire's openly gay Episcopal bishop has tied the knot with his longtime partner in a civil union. Undercover police were among the 120 guests at the private ceremony in case of trouble, reports the Concord Monitor. The civil ceremony by a justice uniting Bishop Gene Robinson and his partner... More »

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gay marriage • New Hampshire • Episcopal Church • Anglican Church • Mark Andrew • Gene Robinson • civil union • Anglican church conference • Lambeth Conference

New Hampshire
Says "We Do"
To Gay Unions

State's gay bishop welcomes same-sex civil unions

Apr 27, 07 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - New Hampshire is about to become the fourth state to offer civil unions for gays—and one of the first couples in line may be the state’s gay Episcopal bishop and a senior state bureaucrat. “My partner and I look forward to taking full advantage of the new... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • Civil unions • New Hampshire • marriage • Mark Andrew • Gene Robinson • gays

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