Speaking to about 75 deputies and visitors to General Convention at an event sponsored by the Consultation, an association of progressive church-related advocacy groups, Bishop Robinson spoke to the issue of whether \u201cLGBT Equality is a Matter of Justice?\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
Answering in the affirmative, Bishop Robinson urged the deputies to follow their consciences and disavow 2006 General Convention Resolution B033 that pledged that the Episcopal Church would refrain from consecrating gay bishops or authorize public rites for the blessing of same-sex unions.<\/p>\n
Bishop Robinson predicted that the 2009 Convention \u201cwill be one of those conventions, like 1976 and 2003, where history is made.\u201d\u009d He urged his audience to watch how their diocesan deputies and bishops voted and see that they \u201cstand up for what is right.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n