Protest disrupts bishop's sermon

by flight737 | July 13, 2008 at 12:48 pm

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If the church is taking no action then the congregation have to do it in their own way, and that was just one congregation in an Anglican Church in London did during a sermon by US gay biship Gene Robinson.

The man was taken outside and left on a motorbike, but no further action was taken against him by police officers present.
Bishop Robinson resumed speaking shortly after the interruption, asking church members to "pray for that man".
Bishop Robinson went on to say: "This discussion of homosexuality we are having in the Church is not so significant because of what it says about homosexuality, but of what it says about God.
"When someone stands up and says homosexuality is an abomination, does that make you want to get to know God?"
Bishop Robinson emphasised that the congregation should reject fear.
He said: "I think God wants us to be bold, I think God wants us to take risks, I don't think God wants us to be afraid