Gay bishop to give Inaugural prayer

If not for his homosexuality, Mr Robinson would simply be a third rate bishop in a tiny diocese that is getting much tinier. The entire diocese of New Hampshire has only 6500 in attendance on a given Sunday, which has dropped steadily 14% from when he took over in 2003 - 6% in last year alone. (In comparison, Mr Warren's one church has a weekly attendance of over 22,000.) He tours the world, being wined and dined, whining about how he is a victim.

Asking an openly homosexual Bishop to offer prayers to the Holy God of the Bible, that calls homosexualism an abomination, is a mockery of Christianity. However, it is written: "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting." (Galatians 6:7,8)

It is only fitting that he not be "especially Christian" in his prayer. His lifestyle is not "especially Christian" either. At least he's consistent.

now that's the Barack i have been expecting! turning the whole dog and pony show into an obamanation is exactly what the marxists on the left want and what baby wants...baby gets! (i bet that washed up talk show host donahugh swooned and hit the deck when he heard the good news...disgusting.)

What ajclay said! Wonder to whom he will be praying?

I rechecked the data and I need to make a correction to my first comment. The diocese of New Hampshire has only 4,281 in attendance on a given Sunday, not 6,500 (that's for all the parishes). And attendance has dropped 17% under Mr Robinson, not 14%. The chart is here, http://tinyurl.com/7srwqg

A gay person is NOT a preacher or bishop or anything else that has to do with serving God. God's Holy Word clearly states that homosexuality is a sin, an abomination and death. Afterall, When God first created mankind He created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.

"I will be careful not to be especially Christian in my prayer." That's where Protestantism will get you, in a sea of absurdity which this man is apparently drowning in.

* Lisa7 wrote "That's where Protestantism will get you, in a sea of absurdity which this man is apparently drowning in." ____________ You made a typo, Lisa7. Didn't you mean to write, "That's where anti-Biblicism will get you, . . ." or are you trying to pick a feud with protestants. If you will note, it hasn't been protestant priest who have been plastering the news with their alterboy trists.

Ah it would be hard to top this more political than religious prayer soon to heal or sooth souls and souless Americans. Really a fun country and got to get funner.

I am a member of the Episcopal Church and I am hanging on by a thread. The only thing that keeps me in the national church is the rector of my local parish. He is a wonderful man and a great priest. I believe Bishop Robinson to be an arrogant man who put his political agenda ahead of the unity of his church. I find it sad that he is worried that his use of the Bible might offend some Americans, yet he flaunts his lifestyle and doesn't seem to care that that might be offensive to many.

The Lord speaks to us in mysterious ways. Good that he picked Robinson who god will be speaking through. Bigots and racists learn something.

Mr Robinson will give a prayer to the god of many truths: Mark 8:38 "If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father's glory with the holy angels." Mr Robinson gives into to the ridiculous notion that freedom of religion means freedom from religion. I, as an evangelical Christian, would have no problems if Mr. Obama asked the Dalai Lama to give a prayer. Of course, the liberal loonies wouldn't object to this either because the seem infatuated with him, but "We don't tolerate those Christians. They're hateful bigots." They ignore that the Dalai Lama condemns homosexuality, too. We have the words of the man whose memorial Mr Robinson will be speaking at: "It is the duty of nations, as well as of men, to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God … and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord …. We have been the recipients of the choicest blessings of heaven. … We have grown in numbers, wealth and power as no other nation ever has grown; but we have forgotten God!" The intolerant left who cry for tolerance would not tolerate Abraham Lincoln today.