Church leader says members unhappy with gay bishop should refocus
By BURLINGTON, Vt.
November 3, 2007

The bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States says church members unhappy with the ordination of a gay bishop in New Hampshire should worry about more pressing world problems.

"Obviously a handful of our church leaders are still upset and would like to see the church never ordain and never baptize a gay or lesbian person," Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said in Burlington. "We need to refocus on more life-and-death issues like starvation, education, medical care."

Jefferts Schori was referring to the 2004 election in New Hampshire of The Rev. Eugene Robinson as that state's Episcopal bishop. The election has upset some Episcopalians. the rest