Debate Heating Over Election of Gay Episcopal Bishop

(Concord, New Hampshire-AP) -- The cheers that greeted the
election of the Episcopal Church's first openly gay bishop in New
Hampshire has given way to fear and sadness in other parts of the
country.
The Reverend Robert Duncan, bishop of Pittsburgh, calls the
election of the Reverend Canon Gene Robinson, "a grievous wound"
to the Episcopal church.
But Bishop Thomas Ely of Vermont wholeheartedly supports
the nomination. He says Robinson is a forward-thinker with great
respect for church tradition.
And he noted the church's "tremendous ministry to gay and
lesbian persons in congregations in our diocese."
The the election must be approved at national convention in
Minneapolis next month.