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It's been years since the fact, but Bishop Gene Robinson's heart still races when he sees it on film over.
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 in his proffer as he ranted. Robinson silently wondered if he was hiding a gun or a bomb underground it.
Ultimately, the man was escorted from the church, but the moment reminded everyone, including Robinson, of the risks of enchanting a stand.
It's one of many moments - some suspenseful, some inspiring, some heartbreaking - captured in Adulation Free or Die, a documentary about Robinson that's premiering at the Sundance Film Festival in Estate City, Utah.
The film follows Robinson as the church grapples with how to hold lesbian and gay issues.
Robinson's election brought to a head divisions between freethinker and conservative Episcopalians, and between the U.S. church and more conservative members of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
Source: Houston Chronicle