This election has brought a lot of turmoil to the Anglican community and Episcopal Church. According to CNN, there have been threats and fears of separations of the Episcopal Church not only in the United States, but World Wide as well (CNN.com). Many feel that this will forever change the Anglican community and the Episcopal Church.

The Episcopal General Convention is responsible for electing Rev. V. Gene Robinson as the Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire. The Episcopal General Convention is made up of two chambers, the House of Deputies and the House of Bishops. According to Alan Cooperman, of the Washington Post, the voting process is very complicated:

Under a complicated system known as “voting by order,” the delegations are divided into a “clerical order”

Many other supporters besides just family members spoke out in the defense of Robinson. Even Rev. Spenser Simrill, dean of St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral in Minneapolis, spoke for Robinson’s defense. He spoke of how he felt that Robinson was a great man and a spiritual leader no matter what he sexual preference may be. The Diocese of New Hampshire has already grown since his election (Stephen Scott). Rev. Paul R. Abernathy, the rector of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill, also was in favor of electing Robinson. He felt that election of Robinson was a fabulous day for the Anglican Community:

Scott, Stephen. “Episcopalians make Christian History.” The Miami Herald. 6 August 2003. http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/6470073.html

One of his supporters was his 21-year-old daughter Ella Robinson. She talked about her parents’ divorce and how they came to sensible agreements. Three months after the divorce, her mother remarried and Robinson met Mark Andrew. She claims that they are a very loving family even though it may not be what most people would call normal family (Cooperman August 2). She was trying to prove that even though her father is a homosexual, that he and his family live a normal life. Robinson’s ex-wife Isabella McDaniel supported him in an interview with a British newspaper reporter. The reporter felt that Robinson had abandoned his family, but that is not how McDaniel felt:

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