Vote on Gay Bishop Postponed (Robinson accused of being a "grab-assing skirt chaser")

Reuters via Washington Post ^ | Aug. 4, 03 | Sarah Tippit

[churchillbuff]

Episcopalian Vote on Gay Bishop Postponed

Reuters Monday, August 4, 2003; 7:57 PM

By Sarah Tippit

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Episcopal bishops postponed a vote at the last minute on Monday on the church's first openly gay bishop to investigate charges of sexual misconduct.

"We have two concerns: one, his relationship to the Web site of Outright.org, and two, an e-mail accusation of inappropriate conduct circulated to a group of bishops," New Hampshire Bishop Douglas Theuner told his fellow [snip]...in reference to the Rev. Gene Robinson, who was set to succeed him as Bishop of New Hampshire.

...[snip] A highly visible figure during the church's convention over the past week, Robinson was not available to comment.

Church officials gave reporters copies of a recent e-mail sent to bishops by a man identified as David Lewis of Manchester, Vermont, claiming that Robinson touched him improperly "a couple of years ago" and calling him a "grab-assing skirt-chaser."

"My personal experience with him is he does not maintain appropriate boundaries with men. ..."[snip]...

The church will also look into a Web site for Outright, a group Robinson co-founded to help gay teens, that both his supporters and opponents say recently had links to pornographic Web sites.

A check of the Web site on Monday, http://outright.org, revealed no links. A Robinson supporter, Rev. Susan Russell, said the links showed up six months ago without Robinson's knowledge and had been removed.

Conservative church member David Anderson said Robinson should have been aware of the links. ...

[MeekOneGOP]

bttt for later...

[Eala]

If its gay wouldnt it be kilt chaser?

Un-haun' me kilt laddie, ere you partake o' the tairminal kiss o' me dirk!

[kdf1]

Ping. Only servants of Satan would twist Scripture to accept homosexual leadership in a church that calls itself Christian. (Gay is a lady's name that shouldn't be dishonored by reprobates.)

[LakeLady]

Thank heavens the site links are gone. There was no doubt about it being pure porn...no artsy fartsy justification for this stuff. Truly gross. And no!!! I didn't peruse long. It took me all of 2 seconds to realize I didn't want to see anymore. This is what they feel will be helpful to children????

[LiteKeeper]

this morning when I checked it out from another article, you would not believe the porn that came up on some of the links!

I can corroborate your story. I, too, saw those sites this morning, as did a LOT of people on another thread earlier in the day.

[LibertyJihad]

"Hi, I am a gay priest. I have surrendered to my sinful nature and I want to be your Bishop."

"No problem Father. So you're a sinner, aren't we all. The Episcopal Church opens its arms for all of God's children. We hereby appoint you as Bishop of a small, insignificant state."

"Oh, by the way, I make passes at men and I look at pictures of naked men."

"YOU DO WHAT? The deal is off. No way we can have a Bishop who makes passes at men and looks at gay porn."

[LiteKeeper]

I'm sure there are those who copied it in time, though,as evidence of the moral turpitude ofRobinson.

I have screen shots, as do some others.

[Blessed]

I found links at 7pm tonight but it looks like the whole sight has been pulled.

[longtermmemmory]

would they be on the waybackmachine?

They have usually have copies of all websites going back years.

[LibertyJihad]

If conservative Episcopalians want to derail Robinson's nomination, they should uncover evidence that he smokes cigarettes or owns a gun.

[Paradox]

I don't know what's worse-that they would vote on him to begin with, or, after chickening out they would decide to hang him this way.

I agree, I smell a rat. Very reminiscent of the Anita Hill fiasco.

[longtermmemmory]

When was the site available? It may be possible to find an archive copy and post the text only here...

[Ciexyz]

Food for thought.

[Jim Noble]

We hereby appoint you as Bishop of a small, insignificant state.

SMILE when you say that...

Live Free or Die

[LiteKeeper]

When was the site available? It may be possible to find an archive copy and post the text only here...

There are four links on outright.com

Augustus, Ellsworth, and Concord have been stripped. But Portland still has the links (minus the offending porn links)

[SkyPilot]

"grab-assing skirt chaser")

More like "little boy-grabbing pajama chaser"

[SkyPilot]

[SkyPilot]

Checkout the hompage slogan for the website he was affiliated with: http://www.outright.org/

Outright's mission is to create safe, positive, and affirming environments for young gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, and questioning people ages 22 and under.Outright aspires to a youth-driven philosophy in which youth needs and beliefs form decisions, and a collaboration of youth and adults provides support, education, advocacy, and social activities.

[Biblebelter]

He was going to be declared the first gay President but Maya Angelou claimed him for the blacks. But from what we know of his sex, which is way more than anyone would want to know, he did seem averse to intercourse. Of cours no one can tell what the long term psychosexual effects of being married to Hillary would have on one. It could conceivably cause one to go over and swing from the other side of the plate so to speak.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Did you save the source code?