Story Archives of 'Gene Robinson'

To celebrate NHPR's twenty-fifth anniversary, The Exchange is producing a series called 25 in 25. We'll talk with twenty-five Granite Staters who have topped our headlines, shaped our state and made us think over the past quarter-century that NHPR has been on the air. We continue our series with New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson, the church’s first openly gay and non-celibate Bishop. We'll talk with him about his time with the church and what his role as Bishop has meant to him, to the state and the church in general. We’ll also get his perspective on how the Granite State has grown and changed over the last 25 years in not only faith and religion, but in general.

A new report from the Anglican Church in London criticizes the Episcopal Church U.S.A. for allowing the consecration of Gene Robinson as Bishop in New Hampshire.

New Hampshire Public Radio's David Darman has more.

Lisa Peakes speaks with Mike Barwell, about how he handled the public relations campaign for Gene Robinson prior to his election and confirmation as Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire. Barwell won the first annual Communicator of the Year Award from the International Association of Business Communicators

The election and subsequent confirmation of Rev. Gene Robinson as bishop of New Hampshire's Episcopal Diocese has rocked the church here and abroad. He's openly gay and the controversy that has arisen following his election may cause a schism in the Episcopal Church according to some sources. He will be officially installed as the ninth bishop of New Hampshire on March 7th. We?ll find out how his tenure has gone so far and what his plans are taking the church forward.

We talk with New Hampshire men and woman who caught our attention in this year?s news headlines, from the Mayor of Manchester, to the caretaker of the now fallen Old man of the Mountain to the nation's first openly gay Episcopal Bishop. We'll talk to them about their year... their victories, their challenges and hopes for 2004. Laura's guests are New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson, Elizabeth McKinstry, National Spokesperson for the Free State Project, Robert Baines, Mayor of Manchester, David Nielson, long-time caretaker of the Old Man of the Mountain, and New Hampshire Senate President Thomas Eaton.