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Priscilla Greear  U/Miami News Service

December 4, 2007

Robinson spoke at a conference on sex, morality and the law at Nova Southeastern’s law school. Robinson spoke at a conference on sex, morality and the law at Nova Southeastern’s law school. (Source:Nova Southeastern Shepard Broad Law Center) The nation’s first openly gay Episcopal bishop told a crowd of about 200 that come June he’s marching down the aisle with his longtime male partner Mark Andrew.

“I always wanted to be a June bride,” said Bishop Gene Robinson at a talk on Nov. 27 at Nova Southeastern University.

“It may take many years for religious institutions to add their blessing for same-sex marriages and no church, mosque or synagogue should be forced to do so. But that should not slow down progress for the full civil right to marry,” Robinson said. “Because New Hampshire will have legal unions beginning in January, my partner of 20 years and I will enter into such a legal union next June.”

Wearing a raspberry clergy shirt with a cleric collar and pectoral cross, Robinson characterized the “religious right” as close-minded, taking a literal interpretation of Bible condemnation of homosexuality.

“The greatest single hindrance to achievement of full rights for gays and lesbians can be laid at the doorstep of the three Abrahamic faiths– Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It’s going to take people of faith to end discrimination,” said Robinson, who was invested as the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire in 2004.

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Hat-tip Virtueonline

At New Orleans, The TEC house of Bishops urged that Gene Robinson be invited to Lambeth; the Archbishop of Canterbury said he expressed a desire to explore a way for him to participate, but the TEC HoB stressed that they want him invited as a full participant.

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