Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire Gene Robinson talks with RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY managing editor Kim Lawton about endorsing political candidates and making a connection between "what we say we believe and how we vote."
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I think the bishop has made some very imnportant points, on his perspective and I can agree with him. However, it is very important that a pastor, and even so much more importantly for a bishop to keep persononal views kept personal. No matter how the thoughts are delivered, many if not all hearing can be influenced, because the bishop said or the pastor said! Instead of investigating the facts themselves and then making a good decision.
I admire Bishop Robinson and his need to express himself as a citizen separate from his role in the church. And he doesn't ask us to believe this comes from God or that he stands for God's will. It is his best interpretation of what he would want for our country as a man of Christian values.
The Apostle Paul states it best: (1 Corinthians 6:9-10)"Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God."