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27 quotes by Gene Robinson

Vicky Gene Robinson (born May 29, 1947 in Fayette County, Kentucky) is an American retired bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Robinson was elected bishop coadjutor in 2003 and succeeded as diocesan bishop in March 2004. Before becoming bishop, he served as Canon to the Ordinary to the VIII Bishop of New Hampshire. Robinson is widely known for being the first priest in an openly gay...
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I think people often come to the synagogue, mosque, the church looking for God, and what we give them is religion.

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The state's interest in marriage is stability. Generally speaking, polygamy does not work for stability. Inherent in the whole polygamous... →

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It seems to me that if God calls us to anything it's to a life of integrity.

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I think there's a terrible price to be paid when your exterior life is not an honest reflection of your interior life.

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Discerning the will of God is a very tricky thing, partly because, you know, the little voice in my head can either be God's voice or it can be... →

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There are enormously gifted Episcopal priests around this church who are gay and lesbian, some of whom are partnered, who would make wonderful... →

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The bees learn where they live by landmarks. If they're moved within their home range, they get confused.

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Sometimes there are things worth risking your life for. It was Jesus who said if you want to save your life, you have to lose it.

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Historically speaking, institutions are slow to change and usually resistant to any sudden moves - churches especially so.

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Only God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. The Church has always been changing.

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When you claim to have the truth, as opposed to the truth as you perceive it, then you move us toward a theocratic view of government.

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Faith is a dynamic and ever-changing process, not some fixed body of truth that exists outside our world and our understanding. God's truth may... →

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But by virtue of our baptism, Peter Akinola and I are brothers in Christ and one day we are going to be in heaven together, so we might as well learn... →

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