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- Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
- Publisher: Knopf
- On Sale: September 18, 2012
- Price: $24.00
- ISBN: 978-0-307-95788-7 (0-307-95788-8)
about this book
From the Bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church, the first openly gay person elected (in 2003) to the historic episcopate and the world's leading religious spokesperson for gay rights and gay marriage—a groundbreaking book that lovingly and persuasively makes the case for same-sex marriage using a commonsense, reasoned, religious argument, made by someone who holds the religious text of the Bible to be holy and sacred and the ensuing two millennia of church history to be relevant to the discussion, equally familiar with the secular and political debate going on in America today, and for whom same-sex marriage is a personal issue; Robinson was married to a woman for two decades and is a father of two children and has been married to a man for the last four years of a twenty-three-year relationship.
“Personal, well-written, and well-argued . . . its greatest hope for success lies in soothing the troubled hearts of young people questioning their conflicting identities.” —Louisville Courier-Journal
“An invitation to recognize the power and possibility of marriage for all people. . . . Written with a pastoral heart and considerable academic insight, Robinson effectively argues the importance and value of strong marriages . . . a thoughtful theological approach.” —SoWhatFaith.com
“A family-friendly, easy to read book that explains the necessity of gay marriage to the masses. . . . [C]ourageous. . . . [E]rudite. . . . [C]onveys complicated principles with ease.” —Edge
“Conversational and essayistic. . . . [M]ethodically argued, cogently and brightly written, structured as chapter-length responses to commonly voiced questions about, and objections to, same-sex marriage. . . . consistently Christian but also pervasively liberal.” —The Boston Globe
“[A] mix of reasoned logic, personal experiences, church teachings, and social science . . . The underlying tone is one of compassion and genuine hope for meaningful shift toward acceptance of same-sex unions. . . . Gentle with moments of humor. . . . A solid entrance into the LGBT-affirming worldview.” —Publishers Weekly
“Reasoned. . . . Robinson's strength is his willingness to see these questions from another perspective. . . . Sober and well-structured.” —Kirkus
“Couldn’t be more timely, nor more authoritative. . . . Robinson does yeoman’s work at arguing [the gay-marriage debate] concisely.” —Booklist
