Read more Gene Robinson stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4836/gene-robinson.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:19:41 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/64429/episcopal-church-lifts-ban-on-gay-bishops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLeaders of the Episcopal Church voted overwhelmingly yesterday to allow the ordination of gay and lesbian bishops, risking further fissures with conservative parishes and the Anglican Communion. The new policy reverses a 2006 compromise that prohibited the consecration of homosexual clergy, in line with other Anglican churches. Episcopalians will vote...http://www.newser.com/story/64429/episcopal-church-lifts-ban-on-gay-bishops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Jul 2009 5:54:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58765/liz-cheney-dad-is-not-a-crazy-old-coot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLiz Cheney went on MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, firing back at Washington Post scribe Eugene Robinson for calling her dad a “crazy old coot.” Robinson had said we ought to send Cheney “back to Wyoming” where he could rant in peace. “My dad would probably rather be fishing in Wyoming,...http://www.newser.com/story/58765/liz-cheney-dad-is-not-a-crazy-old-coot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 May 2009 11:49:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58702/lets-put-cheney-out-to-pasture.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIsn’t it time we sent Dick Cheney back to Wyoming, found him a home “where the buffalo roam and there’s always room for one more crazy old coot down at the general store?” Eugene Robinson asks in the Washington Post . It’s no wonder the TV networks love him: “Unrestrained by...http://www.newser.com/story/58702/lets-put-cheney-out-to-pasture.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 May 2009 9:03:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58396/obama-needs-to-take-gay-marriage-stance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama has called himself a “fierce advocate of equality for gay and lesbian Americans,” but with legalized same-sex marriage spreading to state after state and “don’t ask don’t tell” ripe for repeal, he’s been silent, complains Eugene Robinson in the Washington Post . Washington politicians can let the states and...http://www.newser.com/story/58396/obama-needs-to-take-gay-marriage-stance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 08 May 2009 7:50:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55493/gops-steele-really-might-have-a-plan-or-hes-nuts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHow can the Republicans get back to being a big-tent majority? “I can’t believe I’m saying this,” writes Eugene Robinson in the Washington Post , but “it should start by paying more attention to the all-too-quotable Michael Steele.” Sure, the party chairman might be crazy, and might have delusions of grandeur,...http://www.newser.com/story/55493/gops-steele-really-might-have-a-plan-or-hes-nuts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Apr 2009 9:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51945/inspire-us-tiger.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIgnore the nonstop gloom and doom of economic news to consider a wonderful thing: Tiger Woods is playing golf again. Woods has been rehabbing his left knee since just after his gutsy 2008 US Open win settled forever the question of whether a golfer could be called an “athlete,” writes...http://www.newser.com/story/51945/inspire-us-tiger.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 27 Feb 2009 9:23:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49295/blagos-a-clown-and-thats-not-funny.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThese days, everyone seems to find Rod Blagojevich hilarious. Everyone, that is, except the state of Illinois, writes David Broder of the Washington Post . When Blagojevich went on TV instead of testifying at his impeachment hearing, there wasn’t a hint of outrage. The media “treated Blagojevich as if he were...http://www.newser.com/story/49295/blagos-a-clown-and-thats-not-funny.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Jan 2009 9:16:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47714/openly-gay-bishop-tapped-for-inauguration.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama has asked Bishop V. Gene Robinson, the only openly gay Episcopal bishop, to deliver the invocation at the opening event of Inauguration Week, the Boston Globe reports. Robinson had been among those who criticized Obama for asking same-sex marriage opponent Rick Warren to deliver the main inaugural invocation.http://www.newser.com/story/47714/openly-gay-bishop-tapped-for-inauguration.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Jan 2009 12:36:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44324/conservative-episcopalians-form-rival-branch.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTheological conservatives upset by liberal views of US Episcopalians and Canadian Anglicans formed a rival North American province today. The development is the culmination of a five-year rift that erupted when Episcopalians in New Hampshire consecrated the first openly gay bishop. The split represents a new challenge to the already...http://www.newser.com/story/44324/conservative-episcopalians-form-rival-branch.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Dec 2008 18:38:52 CST