[Vision2020] Breaking News: "U.S. Episcopal Leaders Approve Openly Gay Bishop"

Tue, 5 Aug 2003 17:20:56 -0700 (PDT)

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<TD vAlign=top align=middle><A class=photoLink href="javascript:galaxyPopup('newsGalaxyPhotoPresentation.jhtml?type=topNews&amp;storyID=3225963&amp;index=0')"><IMG height=111 src="http://wwwi.reuters.com/images/amdf330990.jpg" width=130 border=1></A></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Episcopal bishops on Tuesday approved the church's first openly gay bishop after an investigation cleared him of 11th-hour allegations that he engaged in sexual misconduct. 
<P>Sixty-two of the 107 votes in the church's House of Bishops were in favor of New Hampshire Canon Gene Robinson, a decision that could threaten a schism in the global Anglican community. 
<P>A one-day church probe dismissed allegations that Robinson sexually harassed a parishioner or that he had anything to do with pornographic links to a Web site for a group he co-founded to help troubled teen-agers. 
<P>Robinson's conservative opponents have argued that his relationship with another man violated biblical scripture and warned they will walk out of the convention and split from the U.S. church. 
<P>Conservative Anglican bishops from Africa, Asia and Australia have said Robinson's appointment or the U.S. church's approval of a proposed liturgy allowing clergy to bless same-sex marriages will shatter the unity of the 77-million-member Anglican Communion.</P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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