Gay bishop: 'It is about God's love'February 9, 2004
BY CATHLEEN FALSANI Religion Reporter
The roiling controversy threatening to split the Episcopal Church may be a blessing in disguise, Bishop V. Gene Robinson, the first openly gay Episcopal bishop and the man at the center of the controversy, told parishioners Sunday in Chicago.
"You know, some blessings are painful at the beginning," Robinson said during his sermon at St. Edmund's Episcopal Church, 61st and Michigan. "Lots of congregations beyond ours are sitting around having discussions, sometimes heated, about what makes us church, what holds us together, what we really believe and why? How do we read Scripture?
"My God, we've got Episcopalians looking for their Bibles! Who would have thought it?" the bishop quipped, as the congregation erupted in laughter.
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