Sunday, April 10, 2011

CORNELL UNIVERSITY: Gay bishop: Bible silent on gays

CORNELL UNIVERSITY: Gay bishop: Bible silent on gays
Mere tolerance not sufficient, Episcopal leader says

By Rachel Stern
http://tinyurl.com/3rgwjzf
April 7, 2011

Bishop Gene Robinson has a favorite bumper sticker: Guns don't kill people, religions do.

"That would be funny if it weren't true," he said. "I would argue that 95 percent of all the pain and prejudice we as LGBT people have experienced can be laid at the feet of religious people."

About 300 people gathered inside Sage Chapel on the Cornell University campus Wednesday to hear Robinson speak. He delivered the 2011 Frederick C. Wood Lecture sponsored by Cornell United Religious Work.

Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org

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