Despite death threats, a gay bishop plans to go through with a civil union for him and his partner!

“When your life is at stake, you learn that there are things in life that are much worse than death,” Bishop Robinson told TODAY’s Matt Lauer Thursday in New York. “That’s the great reward of being a Christian. Not living your life — that’s worse than death. And if something were to happen to me, I would know that I am doing what I discern God is calling me to do.”

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What would Jesus do? I somehow doubt he’d call in a bomb threat or put cyanide in the punch bowl.