Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire will climb into the pulpit this week in Dallas. Perhaps that’s a surprise.
But then, it won’t be at any of the diocese’s 70+ parishes, more than 20 of which are in Dallas proper; and it certainly won’t be at any of the 13 Dallas-area parishes listed as affiliated with AAC.
Robinson will preach a mid-week, “contemporary worship service” (and sign books) at Cathedral of Hope, a United Church of Christ congregation that calls itself “the world’s largest liberal Christian church with a primary outreach to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.”
The last visit to Dallas we can find on the record for Bishop Robinson was in November of 2008, when he addressed a “Transgender Conversations” event sponsored by Dallas Transgender Advocates and Allies, and worshipped at St. Thomas the Apostle in north Dallas.