{"id":8248,"date":"2004-01-03T09:50:47","date_gmt":"2004-01-03T09:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/01\/bishop_lees_choice.html"},"modified":"2004-01-03T09:50:47","modified_gmt":"2004-01-03T09:50:47","slug":"bishop_lees_choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/01\/bishop_lees_choice.html","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Lee’s Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"

A NYTimes Magazine article about the response of the Episcopal Church of Virginia to its bishop’s vote to confirm Gene Robinson<\/a><\/p>\n

What’s interesting (among other things) is the appeal to “the future” on both sides. Bishop Lee’s wife asked him if he wanted to be part of the future, or left behind. The opponents of Lee’s vote and Robinson’s episcopal status also cite “the future” – but with them, it’s the future of global Christianity, which, as Phillip Jenkins points out, does not seem to be with Unitarian-leaning Episcopalians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A NYTimes Magazine article about the response of the Episcopal Church of Virginia to its bishop’s vote to confirm Gene Robinson What’s interesting (among other things) is the appeal to “the future” on both sides. Bishop Lee’s wife asked him if he wanted to be part of the future, or left behind. 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