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The Associated Press notes that "the Supreme Court's action is not a ruling on the thorny question of whether the Ten Commandments may be displayed in government buildings or in the public square. It merely reflects the high court's unwillingness to hear the appeal."

The Foundation for Moral Law, which supports Moore's legal battle, has not yet posted a response on its website.

More stories on the Robinson consecration:

Sorry these are alphabetical, folks. Later we'll try to "realign" them in more manageable categories.

• 300 gather to protest, pray | For hundreds of conservative Episcopals, the consecration of the Anglican Communion's first openly gay bishop yesterday was a day of wrenching grief (Concord Monitor, N.H.)
  
  
• A service for the brokenhearted | Defiant cry, divided church (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• African church anger over gay bishop | Leaders of the Anglican Church in Africa have condemned the appointment of the first openly gay Anglican bishop (BBC, video)
  
  
• Archbishop 'regrets' divisions | The consecration of the first openly gay Anglican bishop will not be 'accepted' throughout the church, says the Archbishop of Canterbury (BBC, video)
  
  
• Ceremony heartens some, troubles others | For the Rev. Tracey Lind, rector of Trinity Cathedral in Cleveland and herself an openly lesbian cleric, it was a moment in the fullness of time for the church (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
  
  
• Church split over gay bishop | Leaders in Africa declare they plan to break away from their American counterpart (AFP)
  
  
• Consecration triggers great divide | Already, some archbishops, including Sydney's Peter Jensen, have banned Canon Robinson and his supporters from officiating in their dioceses (The Australian)
  
  
• Conservative Anglicans won't recognize gay bishop | They say the move had split the church in two (Reuters)
  
  
• Conservatives accuse U.S. Episcopalians of splitting church | International leaders respond (Associated Press)
  
  
• Despite objections, Whittemore Center erupts in applause for new bishop | The crowd indoors was calm and supportive (Portsmouth Herald, N.H.)
  
  
• Diatribes mar consecration of gay bishop | World Anglicanism began a dangerous new chapter in history last night, one fraught with the risk of schism, when an active homosexual was made a bishop of the Church for the first time (The Daily Telegraph, London)
  
  
• Diocese will ignore protesters at consecration | The Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan.,cq an anti-gay group, plans protests both at the University of New Hampshire arena and at six churches in Dover and Durham. (Portsmouth Herald, New Hampshire)
  
  
• Dissidents gather for alternative service | Gene Robinson's name wasn't mentioned until halfway through the service (Associated Press)
  
  
• Episcopal Church consecrates gay bishop | Robinson became the first man living in an open relationship with a same-sex partner to be so elevated by any mainstream Christian denomination (Newsday)
  
  
• Episcopal Church consecrates gay bishop | While pageantry mixed with exultation in the ritual elevating Robinson to bishop of New Hampshire, it seems unlikely the church will hold together in its aftermath (Associated Press)
  
  
• Episcopal Church slideshow | Images from yesterday's consecration, the Archbishop of Canterbury's response, and other events (Yahoo)
  
  
• Episcopalians consecrate first openly gay bishop | Robinson was enthusiastically cheered throughout most of the late afternoon service (The Washington Post)
  
  

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