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Gay bishop says he wants to marry partner
AP | 3/05/04 | ANNE SAUNDERS

Posted on 03/05/2004 4:29:44 PM PST by kattracks

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Days before he is to take over as the Episcopal church's leader in New Hampshire, Bishop V. Gene Robinson said he'd marry his same-sex partner "in a minute" if he had the chance.

Robinson, whose election as the church's first openly gay bishop last year had divided Episcopalians, said Friday that the gay marriage issue is one of civil rights.

"It is very irritating to me that Britney Spears, when she traipsed off to be married in Las Vegas, instantly had what my partner and I of 15 years do not have," he told The Associated Press.

Robinson takes over in a Sunday ceremony from retiring Bishop Douglas Theuner at a time when the debate over gay rights, including marriage, is making headlines nationwide.

Robinson's election has been denounced by conservatives in the United States and abroad who say the Episcopal church is operating in violation of Scripture.

Robinson has testified at the New Hampshire statehouse in opposition to a proposed law that would prohibit the state from recognizing gay marriages approved by other states.

He said he'll continue to speak out in favor of civil unions for gays — something he says is entirely separate from whether any church chooses to bless the union.

Robinson said the legal status of his own relationship with his longtime partner, Mark Andrew, especially worried him before Andrew's family accepted him.

"I had a great fear that if Mark was to be killed in a car accident that his family could come in and just take his body — that I would never have access to him either in the hospital or at the funeral home or at the grave," Robinson said.

"That's an unnerving thing," he said. "I'd be married in a minute if I was allowed to."

In the absence of marriage or civil union, Robinson and Andrew put together legal agreements to give each other power of attorney and to share their assets through trusts. But these cover only a fraction of the rights they'd have if their relationship was recognized by the state, he said.



TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: New Hampshire
KEYWORDS: againstgodlaws; ecusa; fallout; homosexualagenda; homosexualbisop; immorality; marriage; prisoners; samesexmarriage; totallyinsane
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1 posted on 03/05/2004 4:29:44 PM PST by kattracks
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To: kattracks
My sister said that Vickie would do this! And I thought she was being extreme...
2 posted on 03/05/2004 4:33:59 PM PST by livius
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To: kattracks
I could just scream!! I'm SO sick of this.
3 posted on 03/05/2004 4:35:10 PM PST by knak
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To: kattracks
Thats not a church. It's a school for sexual deviantcy.
4 posted on 03/05/2004 4:40:31 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: knak
Me too knak...

5 posted on 03/05/2004 4:41:58 PM PST by judicial meanz (Socialism is a mental disorder, and John Kerry is its national poster child)
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To: kattracks
I would never have access to him either in the hospital or at the funeral home

er, Mr. Bishop, want kind of "access" are you talking about, ahem ?

6 posted on 03/05/2004 4:43:25 PM PST by churchillbuff (?)
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To: kattracks
Oh, why the Hell not?! Rules?...we don't need no steenkin' rules!
7 posted on 03/05/2004 4:44:30 PM PST by cartoonistx
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To: kattracks
Forty years ago the Episcopal Church was all atwitter about revisions to the Book of Common Prayer, relatively benign changes to the Liturgy.

Now the Bishop in New Hampshire is breathless about wanting to jump the bones of his boyfriend.

Is this a culture war or what?

8 posted on 03/05/2004 4:44:37 PM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: kattracks
Did you know that Episcopalians don't play chess?

Apparently they can't tell a bishop from a queen.

9 posted on 03/05/2004 4:46:27 PM PST by gorush
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To: knak
'I could just scream!! I'm SO sick of this' You are not the only one. I'm totally sick of this filth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10 posted on 03/05/2004 4:50:50 PM PST by bogdanPolska12
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To: kattracks

"It is very irritating to me that Britney Spears, when she traipsed off to be married in Las Vegas, instantly had what my partner and I of 15 years do not have," he told The Associated Press.

This guy isn't firing on all four cylinders.

11 posted on 03/05/2004 4:51:11 PM PST by elli1
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To: kattracks
It is very irritating to me that Britney Spears, when she traipsed off to be married in Las Vegas, instantly had what my partner and I of 15 years do not have," he told The Associated Press.

Bwahaha! Different sex organs!

12 posted on 03/05/2004 4:51:23 PM PST by Lijahsbubbe (The brighter you are, the more you have to learn)
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To: kattracks
I am so upset right now. How he can perform ....ah I don't want to think about it. Mark my words Heaven will not sit silently for long. It will strike with total fury and justice for this outrages immoral things. God have mercy.
14 posted on 03/05/2004 4:56:20 PM PST by bogdanPolska12
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To: ahadams2; Eala; Grampa Dave; AnAmericanMother; N. Theknow; Ray'sBeth; hellinahandcart; Darlin'; ...
further barf warning - vicki gene wants to get 'married' Ping. yeesh!
15 posted on 03/05/2004 4:58:05 PM PST by ahadams2 (Anglican Freeper Resource Page: http://eala.freeservers.com/anglican/)
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To: kattracks
Bishop to Knight!! Once a king always a king, but once a Knight is enough!!!
16 posted on 03/05/2004 4:58:10 PM PST by Joee
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To: livius
I remember you posting that! I thought she was getting a little ahead of things, but boy were we wrong! gak!
17 posted on 03/05/2004 4:59:57 PM PST by ahadams2 (Anglican Freeper Resource Page: http://eala.freeservers.com/anglican/)
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To: kattracks
"The heretic differs from the apostate in that he only denies one or more of the doctrines of revealed religion, whereas the apostate denies the religion itself, a sin which has always been looked upon as one of the most grievous."
18 posted on 03/05/2004 5:01:32 PM PST by 45Auto (Big holes are (almost) always better.)
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To: ahadams2
Let's see now... this is getting hard to follow.
If a bishop marries another guy, does that make his rearending of altar boys infidelity?
19 posted on 03/05/2004 5:01:44 PM PST by gcruse (http://gcruse.typepad.com/)
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To: kattracks
"It is very irritating to me that Britney Spears, when she traipsed off to be married in Las Vegas, instantly had what my partner and I of 15 years do not have," he told The Associated Press.

The theoretical possibility of a successful mating, resulting in the birth of a child?

20 posted on 03/05/2004 5:01:50 PM PST by lepton
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