Joel Hunter wasn’t the only religious leader on Barack Obama’s list of people to call. Obama also sought out controversial gay bishop Gene Robinson three times during his campaign, Ruth Gledhill of the The Times in London reports.
“The first words out of [Obama’s] mouth were: ?Well you’re certainly causing a lot of trouble,’ My response to him was: ?Well that makes two of us.'” “He said that Mr Obama had indicated his support for equal civil rights for gay and lesbian people and described the election as a “religious experience.”
Robinson is the openly gay bishop whose consecration led several Episcopalian conservatives to split from the church.
In other non-political but important religion news, a third diocese split from the church today. The Diocese of Fort Worth, will vote next week on whether to do the same.
