John Lipscomb and Catherine Roskam — Homosexuality and the Divided Church

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🗓️ 8 August 2003

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The General Convention of the Episcopal Church has sharpened our culture’s intensifying focus on homosexuality. In a year of political and religious milestones for gays and lesbians, Gene Robinson became the first openly gay man to be elected an Episcopal Bishop. There were 11th-hour allegations of impropriety. But in the end, the laity, clergy, and House of Bishops of the Church confirmed his election. This week, we set aside the ins and outs of the Robinson controversy. The public furor over this event flows, in part, from our culture’s confusion over what it might mean to morally condone homosexual relationships. And Gene Robinson aside, this issue remains an ongoing source of bitter debate among Anglicans and in most of the mainline churches in this country. How can people of faith reach radically different conclusions while living in the same tradition? Host Krista Tippett engages two Episcopal bishops on either side of the matter in a thoughtful conversation that aims to clarify our understanding of the religious issues at stake.

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0:00.0	Speaking of faith is supported by the Pew Charitable Trusts,
0:03.2	sponsoring the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
0:06.2	to explore how religion shapes ideas and institutions.
0:09.7	PewForum.org.
0:11.7	Additional support is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
0:18.0	I'm Krista Tippett and this is Speaking of Faith,
0:20.9	Conversation on Belief, Meaning, Issues and Ideas.
0:24.8	Today, homosexuality and the divided church.
0:32.3	The questions have been raised and brought to my attention
0:35.6	regarding the Bishop-Elect to the diocese of New Hampshire,
0:39.3	the Standing Committee and Bishop of New Hampshire together
0:42.3	with the Bishop-Elect, Canon Robinson,
0:44.6	have asked that a thorough investigation be undertaken before me.
0:48.4	And I remind you that there is to be no demonstration of any kind
0:54.8	as this is announced.
0:57.2	62 of the 107 bishops with jurisdiction have given their consent
1:03.1	to the ordination and consecration of the Reverend the Eugene Robinson.
1:10.4	That means that he has a sufficient number of consents.
1:14.2	And I ask you all to be profoundly sensitive to one another at this time,
1:20.9	knowing that for many, this is a very, very difficult decision indeed.
1:27.0	There's a lot of frustration and a lot of anger already in our churches
1:30.9	as a result of yesterday's vote.
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