As the following news article explains, openly gay Bishop, V. Gene Robinson   
   of the Episcopal Church of the state of New Hampshire, has decided to retire   
   from the position of bishop in 2013, due to the huge amount of pressure that   
   it has brought upon himself, upon his male "lover" -- who he "married" in   
   2008 -- and upon his diocese. In fact, according to the article, Robinson   
   underwent treatment for alcoholism in 2006. And this man is a leader of his   
   church? Consider what the Apostle Paul teaches us in his first Epistle to   
   Timothy concerning the office of a bishop:   
      
   "A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober,   
   of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; Not given to wine..."   
   1 Timothy 3:2-3a, KJV   
      
   Paul wrote the very same thing to Titus, as we see here:   
      
   "For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not   
   soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;"   
   Titus 1:7, KJV   
      
   Robinson went to get help for his alcoholism, but he needs to do the same   
   thing for his homosexual tendencies, because this is an even greater sin   
   before the Lord.   
      
   All I have to say is good riddance to Robinson! He is an utter disgrace, an   
   abomination to God, and an embarrassment to our Christian faith. He is a   
   modern-day false prophet, just like Jesus forewarned us in Matthew chapter   
   twenty-four. If you doubt that this is so, consider this paragraph from the   
   article:   
      
   ----- Begin Quote -----   
      
   But those who know Bishop Robinson say he has no intention of retiring from   
   public life. His status as a symbol in the international gay rights movement   
   means that after he steps down, he will have no shortage of platforms from   
   which to preach his message that God blesses gay relationships too.   
      
   ----- End Quote -----   
      
   I don't know what Bible Robinson is reading from, but nowhere in my KJV   
   Bible does it say that God blesses gay relationships. Quite to the contrary,   
   God's Word condemns these sinful relationships in both the Old and the New   
   Testaments, as I have explained in Scriptural detail many times before.   
      
   Robinson's election to the position of bishop has resulted in a very serious   
   rift which has torn apart the Anglican Communion on a global scale. In the   
   Book of Proverbs we are told that those who sow division amongst the   
   brethren are an abomination to God, which He hates, as we see here:   
      
   "These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto   
   him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An   
   heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to   
   mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord   
   among brethren." Proverbs 6:16-19, KJV   
      
   So again, good riddance to Robinson!   
      
      
   First Openly Gay Episcopal Bishop to Retire in 2013   
      
   By LAURIE GOODSTEIN - NYT   
      
   November 6, 2010   
      
      
   Bishop V. Gene Robinson, whose consecration as the first openly gay bishop   
   in the Episcopal Church set off a historic rift in the global Anglican   
   Communion, announced to his New Hampshire diocese on Saturday that he   
   intended to step down.   
      
   He plans to retire in January 2013 after nine years as bishop, to give the   
   diocese enough time to elect a new bishop and get the approval of the   
   national church, a process that can take two years.   
      
   The news took some by surprise because Bishop Robinson is an energetic   
   63-year-old, and mandatory retirement age for Episcopal bishops is 72. He   
   has led a relatively stable and healthy diocese, despite predictions by some   
   that his election would undermine the Episcopal Church in New Hampshire.   
      
   The reason to depart, he said in a speech delivered at the close of the   
   annual convention of his diocese, is that being at the center of an   
   international uproar has taken a toll on him and on the diocese.   
      
   "Death threats, and the now worldwide controversy surrounding your election   
   of me as bishop, have been a constant strain, not just on me, but on my   
   beloved husband, Mark" and on Episcopalians in the state, he said.   
      
   But those who know Bishop Robinson say he has no intention of retiring from   
   public life. His status as a symbol in the international gay rights movement   
   means that after he steps down, he will have no shortage of platforms from   
   which to preach his message that God blesses gay relationships too. (Through   
   a spokesman, he declined interview requests.)   
      
   Bishop Robinson has become a national figure. In 2009, he gave the   
   invocation for the opening event of the inauguration of President Obama. He   
   also sees himself as an evangelist to people alienated from Christianity.   
      
   The election of Bishop Robinson in a church in Concord, N. H., in 2003 was   
   the shot heard round the Christian world. It cracked open a longstanding   
   divide between theological liberals and conservatives in both the Episcopal   
   Church and its parent body, the Anglican Communion -- those churches   
   affiliated with the Church of England in more than 160 countries.   
      
   Since 2003, the Communion's leaders have labored to save it from outright   
   schism, not just over homosexuality, but also over female bishops and   
   priests.   
      
   The current strategy, pushed by the archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev.   
   Rowan Williams, is for each regional province to sign a "covenant" of common   
   beliefs.   
      
   The covenant has been slowly making its way through laborious writing and   
   approval processes, which could take years.   
      
   Late last month, an international coalition of liberal Anglicans started a   
   campaign to reject the covenant, saying, "The covenant seeks to narrow the   
   range of acceptable belief within Anglicanism."   
      
   The group, Anglicans for Comprehensive Unity, said, "Rather than bringing   
   peace to the Communion, we predict that the covenant text itself could   
   become the cause of future bickering and that its centralized   
   dispute-resolution mechanisms could beget interminable quarrels and   
   resentments."   
      
   The church in New Hampshire suffered less fallout under Bishop Robinson than   
   the Episcopal Church or the Anglican Communion. Only one New Hampshire   
   congregation departed during his tenure, a congregation long unhappy with   
   the direction of the Episcopal Church, according to diocesan leaders.   
      
   The number of active members in New Hampshire fell 3 percent, from 15,259 in   
   2003 to 14,787 in 2009. In that period, the Episcopal Church, like most   
   mainline Protestant denominations, lost about 10 percent of its members. (It   
   had about two million in 2008, the last year for which statistics are   
   available.)   
      
   Bishop Robinson won critics over with a leadership style that was decisive   
   but collaborative, said Margaret Porter, moderator of the diocesan council.   
      
   "The people who were skeptics, that did not last," she said. "He was willing   
   to meet them where they were. There were churches that were reluctant to   
   have him visit as bishop for a time, and I think he now visits every   
   congregation and is welcomed."   
      
   But the pressure on Bishop Robinson became apparent in 2006. He took a   
   monthlong leave to be treated for alcoholism. He said Saturday that he was   
   in his fifth year of sobriety.   
      
   He and his partner of more than 20 years had a civil union ceremony in New   
   Hampshire in 2008.   
      
   Bishop Robinson is no longer the only openly gay bishop in the Episcopal   
   Church. Bishop Mary D. Glasspool was consecrated in Los Angeles earlier this   
   year.   
      
   In his resignation speech in New Hampshire, Bishop Robinson said: "This is   
   the one place on earth where I am not 'the gay bishop.' I believe that you   
   elected me because you believed me to be the right person to lead you at   
   this time. The world has sometimes questioned that, but I hope you never   
   did."   
      
      
      
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