Gene Robinson, the first openly gay Episcopal Bishop, has announced he is divorcing his husband after six years of marriage. Robinson and his partner Mark Andrew had been together for over 25 years.
In an open letter published at the Daily Beast Robinson said that his divorce showed that gay marriages were exactly the same as straight marriages.
“It is at least a small comfort to me, as a gay rights and marriage equality advocate, to know that like any marriage, gay and lesbian couples are subject to the same complications and hardships that afflict marriages between heterosexual couples,” Robinson wrote. “All of us sincerely intend, when we take our wedding vows, to live up to the ideal of ’til death do us part.’ But not all of us are able to see this through until death indeed parts us.”
Gene Robinson worked in the New Hampshire Archdiocese for 27 years prior to his retirement in 2013. He was previously married to Isabella ‘Boo’ McDaniel from 1972 to 1986.
OIP Staff
