Dear Governor Schwarzenegger –
Bishop Gene Robinson is coming to visit our church this weekend, and pick up a GLAAD Media Award along the way.
Bishop Robinson was not allowed to participate in discussions at the Lambeth conference in England last summer. The organizers banned him from the buildings and church where the meeting was held.
“The level of exclusion took my breath away,” the bishop said, “but I was sustained by my belief that God has a plan that includes justice for everyone. No matter what crap goes on here, God wins.”
I too am confident that California will get past this hateful, hurtful apartheid imposed by Proposition 8.
I wish you would ask the people of California to join you in overcoming their prejudice and welcome their lesbian and gay neighbors as they would expect to be welcomed themselves. Anything less breaks the Golden Rule and shatters my faith in my Church, my Government and my fellow Californians.
Sincerely,