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GAY BISHOP WINS FIRST ROUND

· Sunday, August 3, 2003 · 3 comments

WaPo reports

A New Hampshire clergyman moved a step closer Sunday to becoming the first openly gay elected bishop in the Episcopal Church, winning one of two final votes required to be confirmed.

The House of Deputies, a legislative body composed of clergy and lay people, voted to approve the Rev. V. Gene Robinson as bishop of New Hampshire. He faces a final vote Monday in the House of Bishops.

The House of Deputies voted by delegation, with 128 delegations voting yes and 63 voting no. The votes of 25 delegations were not counted because their members were divided.

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Robinson, a 56-year-old divorced father of two, has lived with his partner, Mark Andrew, for 13 years.

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Comments

  1. John Lemon says:
    Sunday, 3 August 2003 at 23:45

    Twenty years ago that headline would have referred to golf.

  2. James Joyner says:
    Monday, 4 August 2003 at 08:53

    What, you’re saying that golfers are all gay? Explain yourself!

  3. John Lemon says:
    Monday, 4 August 2003 at 15:20

    No, just happy.

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