Q and A: Bishop Gene Robinson

Bishop Gene Robinson saddened by controversy over 2003 consecration.
By Jeff Brumley, The Times-Union
10/31/2008

Ask someone to name the capital of New Hampshire, and chances are he'll scratch his head before reaching for an atlas.

Ask him to name the Episcopal bishop of that state and chances are better he'll guess correctly: the Right Rev. V. Gene Robinson.

Millions of Americans and tens of millions around the world know him as the openly-gay bishop of that state whose Nov. 2, 2003, consecration sparked a controversy that is splitting the Episcopal Church and the worldwide Anglican Communion.

The Times-Union spoke by phone with Robinson about the significance of this anniversary for himself, Florida Bishop Samuel Johnson Howard's Jacksonville-based diocese, and the denomination.

Interview here