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...TIME: Gene Robinson as a bishop-elect is the straw that broke the camel's back...
TIME: How do you respond to the election of Gene Robinson as Bishop of New Hampshire...
...Reverend Canon David Anderson: We consider Gene Robinson's election invalid, null and void. It is illegal, in that it violates the moral standards the church has established and uses for the evaluation of who can be a bishop or even a priest. And the time of basically giving a wink and a nod to some people is not acceptable. When those 62 bishops voted, at that moment there was a shattering of the Episcopal church as we know it. The structural disengagement of the church has begun. The question is what will it look like? What will...
...Among Robinson?s supporters on Tuesday at St. Paul?s, were Alex Broadbent, 16, and Jenn Lombardo, 15, local high school students. The pair had just returned from Minneapolis, where they had been youth delegates. They squealed with delight when the announcement was made that Robinson had won. Says Alex, ?There is so much publicity on him being a homosexual and all he wants to do is be the bishop, not the gay bishop...
...However, not all in the local diocese are as understanding. Just as conservative Episcopalian bishops have threatened a split in the church, there are some in New Hampshire, who are deeply disturbed by Robinson?s sexuality. Jones even says the majority in some parishes were struggling to accept it. ?There are going to be difficult and painful days ahead...