With the recall of Davis as California governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger threw his hat into the race! The “governator.” Really???
Inciting protests, Reverend Gene Robinson was confirmed as the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal church (US Anglican thing). Other bishops called this a “pastoral emergency,” but he said: “Just as Jesus reached out to people on the fringes and brought them in,” he said, “that’s what the Episcopal Church is doing with this vote.”