Documentary on gay bishop featured at Sundance
It's been years since the incident, but Bishop V. Gene Robinson's
heart still races when he sees it on film. Robinson, the Episcopal
Church's first openly gay bishop, was preaching in London when a man in
the audience stood and began yelling at him. The heckler waved a
motorcycle helmet as he ranted. Robinson silently wondered if he was
hiding a gun or a bomb beneath it.
Eventually, the heckler was
escorted from the church, but the moment reminded everyone, including
Robinson, of the risks of taking a stand.
It's one of many moments—some suspenseful, some inspiring, some heartbreaking—captured in Love Free or Die, a documentary about Robinson that premiered at the recent Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
