Gay Episcopal Bishop Consecrated in New Hampshire

DURHAM, NH - NOVEMBER 2: An anti-gay activist from the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, drags the U.S. flag on the ground outside the building where Rev. V. Gene Robinson was about to be consecrated as Bishop Coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire on November 2, 2003 on the campus of the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire. The openly gay Rev. Robinson went ahead with his consecration as bishop despite warnings that it might cause a schism in the worldwide Anglican Union. (Photo by Michael Springer/Getty Images)