The bees learn where they live by landmarks. If they're moved within their home range, they get confused.
Gene RobinsonI believe God is doing a new thing in the world. God is always moving us to include more people in the kingdom. God has taught us that about people of color, about women, and now I think God is teaching that about gay and lesbian folk. And I am humbled and privileged that I might be playing a very small part in that grand and wonderful plan of God's.
Gene RobinsonSometimes there are things worth risking your life for. It was Jesus who said if you want to save your life, you have to lose it.
Gene RobinsonI think there's a terrible price to be paid when your exterior life is not an honest reflection of your interior life.
Gene RobinsonThe state's interest in marriage is stability. Generally speaking, polygamy does not work for stability. Inherent in the whole polygamous movement is a deep and abiding misogyny and denigration of women. So polygamy is objectionable on lots of grounds.
Gene RobinsonIt seems to me, then, that vulnerability and and self-disclosure are at the heart of what we understand about the nature of God. And the reason I believe gay and lesbian people are spiritual people is that we too have participated in vulnerability and self-disclosure, especially in the process of coming-out. When someone shares with you who they really, really are, it is a special offering. To do so when it risks rejection is a profound, holy gift.
Gene Robinson