Episcopalian Vote on Gay Bishop Postponed

More hullabaloo than what is generally necessary, but it seems as if websites are just the tip of the iceberg for the proposed installation of Rev. Gene Robinson as Bishop to the Episcopal Church:

“We have two concerns: one, his relationship to the Web site of Outright.org, and two, an e-mail accusation of inappropriate conduct circulated to a group of bishops,” New Hampshire Bishop Douglas Theuner told his fellow bishops after the vote was called off.

Church officials gave reporters copies of a recent e-mail sent to bishops by a man identified as David Lewis of Manchester, Vermont, claiming that Robinson touched him improperly “a couple of years ago” and calling him a “grab-assing skirt-chaser.”

“My personal experience with him is he does not maintain appropriate boundaries with men. I believe this is an alarming weakness of character that alone makes Gene unsuitable for the office of bishop,” the note, dated Sunday, said.

Now if this were a Catholic Bishop, there would be calls for his head. But an Episcopalian? No no no no. . . love and kindness for the Episcopalian, suspicion and contempt for the Catholic.

The double standard is overwhelming to say the least. Yes yes, I know Robinson isn’t being accused of half of what Catholic priests are being accused of these days, and yes I know that he has a right to a fair hearing. But I really wish that same courtesy were extended to others. That’s all. . .