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The openly gay Episcopal bishop at the center of the Anglican Church's global battle over homosexuality said Thursday he hopes to enter into a civil union with his partner next year. But New Hampshire Bishop Gene Robinson added that he wants to hold separate religious and legal ceremonies to set a precedent for how marriages and civil unions are performed in the United States.

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WCFIELDS
May 10, 2007, 11:56 p.m.
Lib. You old Joker You! LOL. Playing the fool again, eh? Good One!
Of course we know it's the Gays fighting and staughtering each other and innocent bystanders the World over. No, wait. That's not it. Yeah, it's all those religious clowns isn't it? Right. The One True Church and all that. I'll kill you if you don't believe, ad nasuem.....
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HannibalBarca
May 11, 2007, 12:25 a.m.
What we have here is a failure to communicate.....bang
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MetalNun
May 11, 2007, 2:38 a.m.
They're "evil" because they want to make a lifelong commitment "till death do us part" to the person they love?? In front of God and everybody and you lose half your house if it doesn't work out? Crazy, maybe, but "evil"?
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b4thewind
May 11, 2007, 8:29 a.m.
Libby me boy - Glad to see that you came back! I was worried. Again, you little rascal, you out-Saddam Saddam! Or, if I remember correctly, Hitler wanted to stop the homosexuals - he tried to burn them all up. Maybe you can study up on his writings.
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RIOGRANDE
May 11, 2007, 1:42 p.m.
I don't know about doom but I agree with the evil. They certainly bring doom upon themselves.
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OsteoFitKit
May 11, 2007, 1:59 p.m.
"This is more proof of the evil of the homosexuals. They will bring doom upon this world if they are not stopped!"
LibFighter-
Illegal Immigration will bring doom upon this world if it is not stopped. that's a bigger issue, dude!
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DVS1
May 11, 2007, 4:28 p.m.
Are you insane, if you really believe the bull**** that is coming out of your mouth you really don't have a grasp on the world!!!! There is a lot of evil out there, and being how GOD made you is not one of them. And if you dare say it is a choice, you need to be slapped right in that mudhole you call a mouth. It is a shame how distant people are from the real things that count in this world!
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nahual
May 11, 2007, 8:51 p.m.
Libfigher: Your post is more proof of the evil of conservatives. They will bring doom upon this world if they are not stopped.
See how easy it is to generalize?
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Reignman
May 11, 2007, 12:16 a.m.
Hey anyone who has a problem with him having a civil union is ridiculous.. By all means I support it I dont see what all the fuss is about to be honest..
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MetalNun
May 11, 2007, 2:40 a.m.
Episcopal priests have been secretly and "unofficially" blessing these unions for years even before civil unions were a possibility.
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NYPename2
May 11, 2007, 6:28 a.m.
Let me get this straight, the church and the bible clearly have stated that homsexuality is wrong, based on man made laws and man made bibles, but there was a gay bishop in their mist? Hmm,,, how did that happen? There should be no problem for gay couples to marry, without all the hate that surrounds this issue. Anyone who lives differently from you, people have issues with it. We don't live in a communist society, but in a judgmental one, and the ones who judge the most are the haters of homosexuality. Saying that, I don't think this bishop should have special treatment, just because he is gay and lied about it for yrs. I don't understand why a bishop, member of a church, who must of preached homosexuality is wrong, suddenly come out of the closet? This world feeds off of hate, and lies, with man made bibles, while adultry, domestic violence, rapists, murderers, and molestors go free, or get a slap on the wrist.
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ontherock
May 11, 2007, 6:57 a.m.
I don't hate people who are gay or homosexual, I just think it is disgusting for two people of the same gender to engage in sexual relations!I If they would just be gay and leave the public displays out people wouldn't have to think about what is so upsetting to most. A peck on the cheek or whatever is fine and I feel the same amout hetros. Do what ever you want in private with your partner but that is where it belongs. At my childrens school hetros are not allowed to kiss but homo/gays are not stopped for fear of the accusation of discrimination???? NOW that is SPECIAL RIGHTS not equal and that is VERY frustrating?????
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CatholicRedneck
May 11, 2007, 7:35 a.m.
Homosexuality is a sin. Enough said.
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djrevelky
May 11, 2007, 9:43 a.m.
Gay Bishop? Nuff said....No one should listen to anything this hypocrit says and he lives in a world of sin 24/7.
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pattif
May 11, 2007, 9:50 a.m.
All of you that live in your perfect heterosexual worlds, let me just say one thing, I think most of these unions will make it far longer than heterosexual marriages do. You are a moron if you think this world is perfect and every thing round should fit squarely in it. Who are you people to sit on your pedestal and judge people, God did not make you better than others in case you have not learned that by now. Better stop or you may just wind up some place you wish not to go because of your dislike for people that just quite don't fit your standards as decent human beings. None of us truly knows was happens at the end, but being a good person while living and not judging people is a good place to start.
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sunshine30
May 11, 2007, 10:14 a.m.
Wow, I didn't realize so many people were free of sins...perfect people...How do you do it?
Anyway, I don't have a problem with homosexuality. What they do is THEIR business, not mine. People are so uptight in this society, it's ridiculous.
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acdnc
May 11, 2007, 10:27 a.m.
I am delighted to read a story that does not assume Gay-bashing as its premise. Sunshine 30, well said.
How telling that in this wonderful, liberal, humanist, Christian United States of ours that we can have such deep trauma associated with the poisoning of animal feed (justifiable, to be sure)...
And at the same time we stereotype and condone the blasting of entire populations such as gay people.
Do you know how if the doctor who saved your kid is gay?
If the person who let you use their kroger card is gay?
If your parent is a closeted gay?
Move toward peace, love and tolerance.
Stop teaching our next generations to hate the gays, Muslims, single black mothers, latino farm workers, stem cell researchers.
I am a Muslim, my best friends are Catholic, Jewish, Buddhist. My kids favorite teacher is lesbian. My husband is Methodist. Church at Easter, he fasts in Ramadhan. Our favorite babysitter is Latina, my work mentor is a black single mom.
This is the way forward to peace
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taidebka
May 11, 2007, 10:46 a.m.
Actually the Nazi party itself was based on a cult of homosexuality.
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Coatl
May 11, 2007, noon
So is it biblicaly correct for a woaman to lay with another woman?
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queenb727
May 11, 2007, 12:09 p.m.
Not everyone believes in the bible.
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maryhaze
May 11, 2007, 12:46 p.m.
who cares, not everyone believes in your dumb human-written book! tell me exactly how it affects you if, 3 towns away, bob & steve get married? how does it affect you personally? i'm really curious.
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david_nwpa
May 11, 2007, 7:09 p.m.
The Bible is laced with all sorts of contradictions and tripe. Incidentally, those chicken sh*t Apostles all cowered, ran, and hid when Jesus rose from the tomb. It was the women who came to him first. Still, the crony Catholics want only men priests. As for you protester protestants with your million dollar preachers and your fat cat SUVs, might I remind you intolerant, gas bag bigots, that you try to pull the splinter out of your neighbor's eye without removing the log from your own eye first. Instead of being so damn judgmental and casting stones, start listening to your neighbor, do good to them, and accept the fact that gays are humans made in God's image...if you believe in that insipid Biblical crap which you all spew so venomously.
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tkyrchncs
May 13, 2007, 12:12 a.m.
Perhaps you could give us chapter and verse on this. (Nowhere does the Bible say this)
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2sidestoeverything
May 11, 2007, 11:48 a.m.
Good for the Episcopal Church for seeing the person best for the job and not worrying about what he does in the privacy of his own home. I worry more about the religious leaders who prey on children then two consenting adults being with one another.
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dragon53532000
May 11, 2007, 12:26 p.m.
Hey, catholic redneck, I guess you determined out of the bible that abortion (which is nobody's business other than the pregnant person), the divorce and....oh almost forgot gay too, are all a SIN.
What happens with the Bishops and Cardinals that know about a child abuse or they are child abusers themselfs, or they are harboring and defending the child molesters (so they can molest some more)- read Cardinal Mahogany (sic!)? As you can see these guys (like "Mahogany")are still out there leading churches and giving us advise in marriage and morales. I would have a hard time leading mass and know I was hiding from the police the deeds and whereabouts of perverts. Oh.....GOD is going to judge them...this judgement and the bible sucks. ....not to count these clowns give married people advise and they never been married.