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Bishop Robinson testifies at Special Hearing
By Mike Barwell
Jun 14, 2006, 19:51

Bishop Robinson delivered the following testimony in a public hearing before the Special Committee on Response to the Windsor Report and the Anglican Communion in Columbus on Wednesday evening:

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The debate before us is about one thing:  Do we as a Church recognize the light of Christ and the mark of the Creator in the faces and lives of the gay and lesbian members of this Church – much as we have come to see, over the years, that light in the faces of people of color, women and the differently-abled?  Are we not in this debate now because we HAVE seen the fruits of the Spirit evidenced in the lives of our brothers and sisters in Christ who happen to be gay? 

This debate is about one thing:  Do we see Christ, and are we courageous enough to acknowledge Christ, in the lives and relationships of our gay and lesbian members?

If we do, what then? 

This debate is not, principally, about saving the Anglican Communion.  We cannot make decisions about what the rest of the Communion will or will not do, nor should we be unduly swayed by fear over what they might decide.  Those are THEIR decisions to make, at another time.  OUR job is to discern the will of God, as humbly and as best we can, and then to stand up and proclaim Christ where we see Him.  If we see Christ in the faithful lives of our gay and lesbian members, then let us find the courage to say so.

The fact is, we know such faithful gay and lesbian Christian people. 

OUR HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA IS JESUS CHRIST:  I say with my whole heart, I am loved by God beyond my wildest imagining, and by the living Christ who has acted in my life, I am convinced that I am NOT an abomination in the eyes of God, but rather a repentant sinner who has been redeemed by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and made worthy, by His grace and sacrifice, to stand before Him.

Dr. Martin Luther King once said, “Pontius Pilate’s great sin WASN’T that he didn’t KNOW what was right, but that he lacked the moral courage to STAND UP for right.” 

Please, I beg you, let’s say our prayers and stand up for right. 

Thank you.