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Article: New Hampshire parish welcomes newly elected gay bishop's return
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- August 10, 2003
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Dateline: CONCORD, New Hampshire
The Rev. Gene Robinson returned to his home church Sunday to the hugs
and handshakes of hundreds of parishioners and led the blessing there
for the first time since becoming the first openly gay Episcopalian
confirmed as a bishop.
Dressed in street clothes, he sat in a pew in the middle of the congregation
for the morning service at St. Paul's Church. He led the final blessing
and afterward drank coffee and talked with parishioners in the church
basement.
"New Hampshire has never looked so good," said Robinson, who returned
Saturday evening from the Episcopalian convention in Minneapolis,
where his election as bishop was ...