Openly gay Episcopal bishop V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire reacted angrily to his exclusion from a key decennial meeting of Anglican leaders in England next year, saying that it is "an affront to the entire Episcopal Church."

Christian Century, June 12, 2007

Openly gay Episcopal bishop V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire reacted angrily to his exclusion from a key decennial meeting of Anglican leaders in England next year, saying that it is "an affront to the entire Episcopal Church." Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion, sent the first round of invitations to the 2008 Lambeth Conference, scheduled for next July.

Also left off the invitation list was Bishop Martyn Minns of Virginia, a leader of the Convocation of Anglicans in North America, a conservative splinter group under the aegis of the Anglican Church of Nigeria. "One thing is clear," Minns said, "a great deal can happen and will happen before next July."