Same-sex marriage
is on hold in New
Hampshire. Governor John
Lynch has demanded changes before he’ll sign legislation that would make the
state the sixth to allow gay marriage, but those changes failed by two
votes in the state House on Wednesday.
New Hampshire
Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson told parishioners at a Meredith church that he’s
glad to be back home following a major conference for bishops in England, where
he received both support and resistance.
Anglican bishops
have opened their once-a-decade summit in England, hearing a plea for unity despite deep rifts over the
Bible and homosexuality that stems from New Hampshire’s consecration of the first openly gay Episcopalian
bishop.