Today's Gospel of Inclusion comes from the diocese of New Hampshire.
Praise to you, heavenly mother-father.
Opponents to the elevation of Gene Robinson as New Hampshire's Episcopal bishop walked out this morning during a service at their Rochester church. Conservatives at the Church of the Redeemer disapprove of Robinson, who is openly gay. They also aren't happy that their interim pastor, the Reverend Donald Wilson, was dismissed last week.
Though about 30 people remained inside the church, those who came out said the diocese should reinstate Wilson or send them an orthodox priest. Wilson was replaced by the Reverend Canon Marthe Dyner, who two attendees said pushed them this morning when they tried to read a statement during the service.
They also said she crumpled a paper held by one of them, and told them they were not welcome to voice their opinions. After the service, Dyner said she had not touched the two, but acknowledged trying to take the statement from them, saying they were disrupting the service. David Tyler, a church official, said the church is not divided. there is only a disagreement they are trying to work out.
This is the Gospel of Inclusion.
Glorty to thee, impersonal life force.
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