Gene Robinson quotes

I think people often come to the synagogue, mosque, the church looking for God, and what we give them is religion. (Gene Robinson)
When you claim to have the truth, as opposed to the truth as you perceive it, then you move us toward a theocratic view of government. View quote
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I think there's a terrible price to be paid when your exterior life is not an honest reflection of your interior life. View quote
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Sometimes there are things worth risking your life for. It was Jesus who said if you want to save your life, you have to lose it. View quote
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Only God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. The Church has always been changing. View quote
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I will always speak out when someone says that a principle or a rule or a tradition trumps people. View quote
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Left to our own devices and passions, we human beings have a hard time seeing beyond what is immediately in front of us. View quote
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Historically speaking, institutions are slow to change and usually resistant to any sudden moves - churches especially so. View quote
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One of the joys of being a Christian or being a person of faith is that you believe deep down that death isn't the worst thing, you know. Not living your life: that's the worst thing. And death is not, it's not all it's cracked up to be. It's not, it's not the end of the world. View quote
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There are enormously gifted Episcopal priests around this church who are gay and lesbian, some of whom are partnered, who would make wonderful bishops and they're going to be nominated and they're going to be elected. View quote
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Stability is why society has an interest in marriage. (Gene Robinson)
God calls all of his children to the table. We can disagree and even say a lot of hateful things, but what we can't do in good conscience is leave the table. Or demand that someone else not be at the table. View quote
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I think my election is one of several indications that gay and lesbian folk are being brought more into the center of things. I'd like to think that my election signals my bringing of gay and lesbian folk into the center of the church. View quote
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The bees learn where they live by landmarks. If they're moved within their home range, they get confused. View quote
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I've long been really intrigued with what is the... proper role of faith and religion in public life. View quote
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The state's interest in marriage is stability. Generally speaking, polygamy does not work for stability. Inherent in the whole polygamous movement is a deep and abiding misogyny and denigration of women. So polygamy is objectionable on lots of grounds. View quote
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It seems to me that if God calls us to anything it's to a life of integrity. View quote
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Faith is a dynamic and ever-changing process, not some fixed body of truth that exists outside our world and our understanding. God's truth may be fixed and unchanging, but our comprehension of that truth will always be partial and flawed at best. View quote
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Gene Robinson

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Occupation: American Clergyman
Born: May 29, 1947
Quotes count: 18